According to the European Commission, Britain has reaped the benefit of fully opening its borders to citizens of new EU member states of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Slovenia, Malta and Cyprus. The influx of workers from central and eastern Europe has boosted Britain’s economy, relieved skilled shortages and cut […]
In the opinion of Bitkom – an association lobbying on behalf of the German IT industry – and its President Willi Berchtold, Germany’s immigration policy needs to be subjected to a rethinking process. As it is, the association states that the country already has too few engineers and other specialists in computer science, for example.
In early July, the French Parliament passed legislation into law to overhaul immigration policy. Most of the new rules make obtaining a visa or a work permit much more difficult, and it abolished an old policy of granting legal status to illegal immigrants who could document ten years of residency.
Addressing an audience of senior executives from all over Europe at the second annual “Women in Leadership” conference held this year in Geneva on 17 and 18 June, Niall Fitzgerald, KBE, Chairman of Unilever and Vice-Chairman of The Conference Board, referred to a study completed 25 years ago which listed several feminine qualities that served […]
The European Year of Disabled People in 2003 provided the perfect opportunity for Bertelsmann – a worldwide media corporation – to launch its disability initiative. Its German companies, which employ around 35% of the group’s 80,000 staff, are taking the initiative to change perceptions of the role of disabled people in professional life, both in […]
Age discrimination is not only widespread in the workplace, but is shot through with inconsistencies. That showed a survey of more than 2,600 managers and personnel professionals commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Six in ten managers reported being a victim of age discrimination
A former housing officer of black South African descent has been awarded £30,000 after a job at Edinburgh Council was withdrawn after a warning from an official at Stirling. Seg Naicker had formerly been a housing officer with Stirling Council. Three years ago, Stirling Council compensated Mr. Naicker after he had suffered racial harassment and […]
Langsam streift die Kamera über eine metallicgraue Autokarosserie, dazu erklingt die deutsche Nationalhymne. Eingeblendete Schriftzüge künden von den Pionierleistungen der Automarke: Kurvenlicht, Fahrwerk mit Niveauregulierung, Spurassistent. Soviel High-Tech ist typisch für ein deutsches Auto, schließt der Zuschauer… und irrt sich.
Raiffeisen Schweiz geht in der Familienförderung neue Wege. Mütter, Väter, Frauen und Männersollen vermehrt ihr Potenzial entfalten können. So startet die auf Diversity und Chancengleichheitspezialisierte, neu gegründete interne Fachstelle „Profil“ ein dreistufiges Entwicklungsprogramm mitden Raiffeisen-Familienferienwochen: Während der Zeit vom 10. bis 14. Juli und 7. bis 11. Augustbetreuen Studierende der Pädagogischen Fachhochschule Rorschach PHR rund […]
Chronisch psychisch kranke Menschen haben von allen Behindertengruppen in Deutschland die geringstenChancen auf eine vollwertige Beschäftigung. Darauf hat in Kempten der Ärztliche Direktor des Bezirkskrankenhauses Kaufbeuren, Peter Brieger, hingewiesen. Mehr als 27 Prozent der erwachsenen EuropäerInnen leiden nach seinen Angaben mindestens einmal im Leben unter relevanten psychischen Störungen.
