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26. April 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
Companies in France have begun scouring the country’s minority communities for untapped talent, as changing markets make a diverse work force a valuable asset. But beyond the business benefits, the effort could help ease the economic disparities that were a major factor in last year’s nationwide riots. Part of the problem is that affirmative action […]
Tags: age, english, ethnicity origin race
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26. April 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
The concerns about the number of sick days being taken by their employees, have led over a quarter of European employers to offer incentives to reduce sickness absence. These incentives include bonuses and vouchers but opinion on the appropriateness of such incentives is mixed.
Tags: english, research, work life navigation
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26. April 2007 || by News Desk || D&I in the Media, Newsletter ||
“I want to address myself to the women,” SĂ©golène Royal declared a few days before the elections in France. “I need the women’s vote,” she said,“ it is time to put an end to centuries of injustice, of marginalization.” She has been much criticised by her political antagonists, as well as columnists, for addressing the […]
Tags: english, gender, globality internationality
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26. April 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Policy & Politics ||
Migration will not provide a long-term solution to Europe’s ageing crisis. Instead, policymakers must focus on getting people to have more babies while working ‘longer and better’, business leaders declared at the European Business Summit. Soon, more than half of the European population will be over 40.
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26. April 2007 || by News Desk || HR, Newsletter ||
In a report based on figures from PricewaterhouseCoopers Monks pay database, women are increasingly leaving senior management positions. The number of female senior managers working in major UK businesses has taken a sharp fall of over 40% in the last five years. In 2002, some 38% of senior manager level posts in the FTSE 350 […]
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9. April 2007 || by News Desk || D&I in the Media, Newsletter ||
“Arbeitsloser Jongleur in Not” steht auf dem Schild, ein Mann dahinter. Er jongliert in der EinkaufsstraĂźe – mit einem Arm. Der Jongleur ist gehandicapt, ihm fehlt ein zweiter Unterarm. Die Menschen in der EinkaufsstraĂźe starren ungläubig, sie tuscheln ĂĽber den einarmigen Jongleur – und tappen damit fast drehbuchgemäß in die Falle – obwohl sie nicht […]
Tags: german, holistic, inclusion
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9. April 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Policy & Politics ||
Eine erste Klage gegen das Allgemeine Gleichbehandlungsgesetz ist in erster Instanz gescheitert. Das Arbeitsgericht Frankfurt wies eine Beschwerde von Piloten zurĂĽck, die eine Altersgrenze von 60 Jahren als Diskriminierung empfanden. Wie die Richter feststellten, sei das Mittel der Altersgrenze ebenso wie die konkrete Begrenzung auf 60 Jahre auf den Schutz von Leib und Leben der […]
Tags: age, german
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9. April 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
Eine Frauenquote? In der Agentur “uphoff pr” könnte man ĂĽber eine Männerquote nachdenken. Elf Frauen arbeiten in der Marburger Agentur, acht von ihnen sind MĂĽtter. Wie sie den Betrieb und ihre Familien vereinbaren? „Oft muss man ganz schön jonglieren“, sagt UnternehmensgrĂĽnderin und GeschäftsfĂĽhrerin Dr. Karin Uphoff. Doch die sechsfache Mutter hat in den vergangenen vier […]
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9. April 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
Die Gemeinde der deutschen Unternehmen, die sich zu einer nachhaltigen Diversity-Strategie bekennen, wächst ständig. Am 21. März 2007 unterzeichnete unter anderem Kraft Foods in Berlin die “Charta der Vielfalt der Unternehmen in Deutschland”. Mit einer ganzen Reihe von MaĂźnahmen möchte das Unternehmen fĂĽr Chancengleichheit und ein ausgewogenes Verhältnis zwischen Arbeit und Privatleben sorgen.
Tags: age, ethnicity origin race, german
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21. March 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Policy & Politics ||
The Nigerian National Assembly is once again attempting to pass an anti-LGBT bill that failed to go through last year because of strong condemnation from the US and Europe. Billed as an anti-gay-marriage act, it is a far-reaching assault on basic rights of association, assembly and expression. The legislation has the full and enthusiastic support […]
Tags: english, lgbtqi*, religion beliefs
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