Frances McDormand accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” at the Oscars on March 4, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
After Oscar winner Frances McDormand turned #InclusionRider into a buzz word overnight, the question arose whether a high-profile employee outside of the entertainment industry might seek a similar demand.
In the entertainment business, the inclusion rider is an effective means for a celebrity to ensure that more women and minorities are engaged on productions, according to Ivy Kagan Bierman, a partner at Loeb & Loeb in Los Angeles. Bierman focuses her work on employment and other business matters in the industry.
