Strategy & Tools
10. July 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
Bei DaimlerChrysler wird der Nachwuchs der Belegschaft liebevoll „Sternchen“ genannt. FĂĽr diese kleinen Sterne plant der Konzern derzeit die Einrichtung von rund 350 zusätzlichen betriebsnahen Kinderkrippenplätzen fĂĽr Kinder unter drei Jahren bis 2009. Auftakt der deutschlandweit gestarteten Initiative ist die Eröffnung der ersten vier Kinderkrippen „Sternchen“ ab September 2007 an den Standorten Stuttgart-UntertĂĽrkheim, Sindelfingen, Bremen […]
Tags: age, german
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21. June 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
An increasing number of German companies and organisations are signing their names to the Diversity Charter initiated by DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche BP and Deutsche Telekom with Minister of State Maria Böhmer in December.
Tags: english, ethnicity origin race, mixed abilities
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21. June 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
The Law of Equality passed last year is not the sole motivator towards the trend of flexible working. An increasing amount of Spanish companies value this tool as a means of holding on to valuable staff. The list of initiatives is growing and they are becoming more sophisticated, from physiotherapy to gym memberships to help […]
Tags: english, gender, work life navigation
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14. June 2007 || by Diversity Team || Media Features, Strategy & Tools ||
Ăśber den Tellerrand zu schauen, statt durch das RĂĽckgreifen auf bekannte Strukturen Monokulturen zu erzeugen, das ist ein Teil des Geheimnisses fĂĽr erfolgreiches Diversity Management. Ganz so einfach ist aber nicht, ein Leitsatz allein reicht nicht gänzlich aus. Worauf es noch ankommt, verrät Michael Stuber im Interview mit Daniela Ulrich auf Audimax online, welches Sie […]
Tags: german, holistic
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21. May 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
With 785 representatives from 27 member countries and chambers in Brussels and Strasbourg, the European parliament is the world’s only directly elected international chamber. It represents a more diverse range of people than almost any other – 492 million European citizens. But, it is also almost completely white.
Tags: english, ethnicity origin race, globality internationality
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21. May 2007 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Strategy & Tools ||
A report released by Manpower this month, highlights the very real and complex threat to employer’s ability to compete. This threat is about the draining of skills and knowledge that occurs every time an experienced older worker retires with no one ready to succeed him due, in part, to poor planning by employers and lack […]
Tags: age, english, research, work life navigation
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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 […]
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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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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 […]
Tags: age, gender, german, work life navigation
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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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