Gerade in schwierigen Zeiten erhöht sich der Druck auf die Beschäftigten. Aus Angst um den eigenen Arbeitsplatz reagieren viele mit Selbstausbeutung. Insgesamt ist jeder siebte Beschäftigte von Arbeitssucht gefährdet, berichtet das Beratungsunternehmen Impuls. Der IG Metall zufolge wird das Thema Workaholism oft verharmlost: Es entspricht dem Leistungskonzept der Wirtschaft.
Der Anfang April veröffentlichte Führungskräfte-Monitor untersucht die Situation von Frauen in den Chefetagen der Privatwirtschaft. Dabei sollten Antworten auf die folgenden Fragen gefun-den werden: Wie hoch ist der Anteil von Frauen in Führungspositionen in der deutschen Wirt-schaft? Warum verdienen sie meist weniger als ihre männlichen Kollegen? Und warum sind weibliche Chefs seltener verheiratet als männliche? […]
In March, Ilse Junkermann of Stuttgart, Germany became the first woman bishop of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany (EKM). After the third round of secret balloting, the church synod in Wittenberg elected the 51-year-old theologian by more than the required two-thirds majority.
Following the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the Netherlands in 2001, a number of countries have followed suit with Belgium in 2003, Spain in 2005, Canada in 2005, South Africa in 2006.
This KPMG released report addresses how much Diversity actually matters to business. The results of the report are based on conversations with 53 chief executives, chief financial officers and chairmen (or equivalent positions) from mainly FTSE 100 and similar-sized organisations, about the ways in which the business world is changing.
In response the current financial crisis, Ernst & Young has released a report that addresses the vast economic potential of women as an economic force. The report analyses an extensive body of research which shows that women make significant and proven contributions to business and economic growth. Within the report, Ernst & Young discusses that
On 31 March, the EU telecommunications ministers concluded that the internet should be made more accessible to older people and people with disabilities. An accessible information society should aim at facilitating access to websites and other ICT-tools to all citizens in Europe. The Ministers agreed that
In March 2009, the European Commission launched an EU-wide campaign to help tackle the gender pay gap. Across the EU economy, women earn on average 17.4% less than men. The simple concept of ‘equal pay for work of equal value’ is at the heart of the campaign being launched raise awareness of the pay gap, […]
IBM is improving Work/Life balance for IBM employees with children by offering a collection of easy to implement ideas from the International Step by Step Association’s (ISSA) ‘Opening Magic Doors’ Activity Kits. This project addresses one of the primary concerns of IBM employees and parents everywhere – the need to
March 8th, 2009 marked the 98th International Women’s Day. The concept of this commemorative day began in 1910 at the second International Conference of Working Women in Copenhagen. Clara Zetkin, leader of the ‘Women’s Office’ for the Social Democratic Party in Germany, tabled the idea of an International Women’s Day and proposed that there should […]
