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30. September 2023 || by Michael Stuber || Culture & Leadership, Not-for-Profit ||
Leadership keeps being referred to as THE key to progress in DE&I. Yet, everybody appears to be focusing on something different – which does not help to create impact. At a large key-note event hosted by the Lëtzebuerg Diversity charter, Michael Stuber, the D&I Engineer, unpacked the topic.
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6. June 2019 || by Diversity Team || Newsletter, Not-for-Profit, Politics ||
The European Union is undertaking major steps to provide equally high standards for the integration of work and private life for both men and women. Empirical research and good practice confirm the need to switch from a Dual-Breadwinner to a Dual-Earner-Carer-Model.
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1. November 2018 || by Diversity Team || Business Case, Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Newsletter ||
A new quantitative survey shows which challenges working parents are still facing before – and what they and the company can gain from managing parental leave well. Many robust solutions are available today to make temporary absence – of whoever and for whatever reasons – a success.
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4. December 2017 || by Diversity Team || Culture & Leadership, Events, Newsletter ||
The topic of culture & leadership is slowly and steadily moving towards the centre of diversity and work/life. In line with this insight, the regional ambassador for Hesse for “Success Factor Family”, Michael Müller, member of the Executive Board of Fraport AG, has focused a specialist conference on the topic of “Management between Career and […]
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29. September 2016 || by Diversity Team || Newsletter, Politics ||
Members of the European Parliament adopted in plenary a resolution that calls for a modernization of work-life balance legislation including maternity and parental leave as well as paternity and carers’ leave.
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17. June 2016 || by Diversity Team || HR, Newsletter ||
Everybody knows it is illegal and most people also know it neither makes business sense. However, research shows young mothers (under 25) are six times more likely than average reporting being dismissed from their jobs after they tell their employer they are pregnant. Two quite different initiatives in the UK and in Germany now address […]
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30. May 2016 || by Michael Stuber || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Newsletter, Politics ||
The European Union’s Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has introduced a new online resource for Gender Statistics. It aims at serving as a comprehensive knowledge centre for gender statistics on various aspects of (in)equality between women and men. Initial tests show that the focus of the database is more on general demographics and public policy […]
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27. April 2016 || by Diversity Team || HR, Newsletter ||
Fathers working full-time get paid a fifth more than men with similar jobs who don’t have children, according to a new report published by the TUC, an umbrella organisation representing 52 trade union in the UK. Working mothers statistically earn less that working women without children.
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3. April 2016 || by Diversity Team || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Culture & Leadership, HR, Newsletter ||
Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Daimler AG, has recently announced to start a revolution of the company’s corporate culture. His plan includes much more flexibility of working space and time for employees besides a radical review of corporate hierarchies and culture as well as performance assessment structures.
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20. March 2016 || by Diversity Team || HR, Newsletter ||
The Spanish Diversity Foundation has recently published the results of a survey of Diversity in the workplace. The study of just over 100 Spanish companies reveals inequalities in the areas of gender and age diversity and also sheds light on the situation of employment of people with disabilities, work life balance and D&I awareness programmes.
Tags: age, english, gender, mixed abilities, research, work life navigation
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