Although Europe’s working-age population is shrinking while the 60+ age group is increasing by about two million people per year, only 37% of companies find it ‘fairly important’ to take into account the needs of older consumers when developing products and services directly aimed at them, an internal survey by CSR Europe found. A new […]
Tools to support the navigation of work and private life have become household components in international D&I over the past two decades. Large surveys (e.g. WLPS), however, clearly showed a gap in the utilisation rates by gender, with men consistently showing less interest in work/life-programmes than women. This seems paradoxical as recent studies reveal an […]
Expanding corporate diversity initiatives beyond domestic markets requires sensitive approaches combined with clear directions and an aligned global framework. In this context, the International Society of Diversity and Inclusion Professionals (ISDIP) provides insights through a monthly webinar series which is designed to educate D&I professionals about salient issues relating to diversity and inclusion in different […]
Stand-alone Diversity initiatives have become difficult to justify in recent years. Instead, business was expected to own D&I, to lead the change process and to mainstream Diversity and Inclusiveness into their way of doing business. But what could Diversity practitioners offer to the business to assist the ‘embedding’ approach? Depending on their involvement, managers will […]
After 15 years of European Diversity models, many wonder what organisations have achieved in D&I and where they are heading. With the significant expansion of the number of diversity programmes, the immense renewed public attention and also with many new stakeholders involved, the dynamics in the field have changed significantly. The multitude of influences and […]
A report in Saudi Arabia has warned that if Saudi women were given the right to drive, it would spell the end of virginity in the country. The report contains graphic warnings that letting women drive would increase prostitution, pornography, homosexuality and divorce.
Austria took a step to end a decades-long rift with the country’s Slovenian minority this November, when parliament passed a law to double the number of communities allowed to use bilingual city signage, mainly in the region of Carinthia. In the future, Slovenes (Austrian citizens) of 164 cities will be able to read the name […]
Changes in workplace practise can positively impact and improve the overall performance of employees and productivity of a company, according to new research from Eurofound, the Dublin-based EU agency for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.
Seven years after the 2004 enlargement of the EU, a new European Commission study looks at the economic and labour market impact of east-west labour mobility flows in recent years. The study puts a main focus on mobility’s impact on labour markets, the macro-economy and human capital issues such as brain drain and down-schilling of […]
France and Spain rank best in the latest Corporate Women Directors International study of women directors in Fortune Global 200 companies, the biggest in the world, regarding the progress on female top managers. The new report, presented in November 2011 at the Worldbank, ranks France first for the fastest rate of increase, as it moved […]
