Ranstad Italia is running the first (by their own account) and hence unique Italian programme dedicated to the placement of employees with a disability, called ‘Hopportunities’. In Italy, similar to many other European countries, there is a legal requirement to employ people with a disability following a scaled quota system. According to the regulatory framework
The ongoing and increasing war for top talents serves as one of the main impetuses for pro-active D&I programmes. While targeted campaigns for women have become common, more comprehensive approaches are yet to be developed.
Whenever a company starts to take its D&I activities outside its ‘home’ country, a number of new complexities are added to the already existing challenges. The recurring key question in that situation is: How much standards can the global corporate heaquarter set for international units, and how much freedom in adapting or tailoring should it […]
Barriers can be very visible, even blatant, just like this “no high heels this way” sign at a global headquarters I recently visited. Here, women might get the impression that they have to take a detour and who knows if their extra mile will even get them to the top floor? Of course, the sign […]
The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) has progressed its work to find better ways of monitoring ethnic diversity at the workplace in the EU. Being able to track numbers consistently has been seen as key enabler to drive the inclusion of ethnic minorities in employment.
A new code of conduct is being introduced by British headhunters in the wake of criticism that the lack of women on their long and shortlists has been one of the main reasons for the lack of women in management and more specifically in the boardroom. The move follows an independent review into Women on […]
With increased attention from top management, politics and the Media, the work on D&I has become a tougher business. Not so long ago, awareness raising programmes, networking platforms and informational communication were considered effective if they were positively evaluated. Nowadays, expectations for double-digit growth are extended to the representation of women in management, and stakeholders […]
For business leaders, a major task in a talent-starved global economy is to attract, retain and promote outstanding performers. In the constant war for talent, flexible jobs can be a powerful tool to overcome this challenge. As some 86 percent of Millennials expect flexibility from their employer, this new research by Bain & Company shows […]
The World Economic Forum has introduced a quota for female executives at the 2011 Davos summit and at least one of the five delegates sent by “strategic partners” must now be female. A WEF spokesman said, as a membership organization, there is a limited amount that they could do to improve female representation in boardrooms […]
Am 18. November fand in Düsseldorf die Veranstaltung Vodafone LiFVe Art III statt. LiVFe Art ist das Vodafone Gewinnerprojekt des Wettbewerbs familie@unternehmen.NRW des nordrhein-westfälischen Familienministeriums, mit dem das Unternehmen weg von der rein kognitiven Betrachtung der Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie einen Wandel in der Unternehmenskultur einleiten möchte.
