Immer mehr junge Väter nehmen Babypause. Die Zahl der Väter in Elternzeit hat sich seit Anfang des Jahres verdoppelt. „Es gibt einen Anstieg von 3,5 auf sieben Prozent der Väter“, sagte Bundesfamilienministerin Ursula von der Leyen (CDU). In den ersten drei Monaten seit Einrichtung des Elterngeldes sind laut Statistischem Bundesamt rund 60.000 Anträge auf Elterngeld […]
Studie zeigt: Diversity Management verbessert Arbeitszufriedenheit und Commitment von Beschäftigten. Beschäftigte, die offen mit ihrer (homo-)sexuellen Orientierung umgehen können, sind zufriedener mit ihrer Arbeit und fühlen sich stärker mit ihrem Unternehmen verbunden. Das zeigt die aktuelle Studie „Out im Office?!“, die die Arbeitsplatzsituation von 2.230 Lesben und Schwulen in Deutschland beleuchtet.
Wie fühlen sich Homosexuelle am Arbeitsplatz? Hat sich die Akzeptanz von Schwulen und Lesben in deutschen Unternehmen in den letzten zehn Jahren deutlich verändert? Wie ist es um den Industriestandort Deutschland bestellt, wenn es um Offenheit gegenüber der sexuellen Orientierung der MitarbeiterInnen geht? Vom 1. September bis 31. Oktober 2006 hatte der Kölner Psychologiestudent Dominic […]
A report commissioned by Australian leading enterprises argues a strong business case for the country’s companies to help alleviate poverty in their Asia-Pacific neighbours. By helping overcome poverty in the world’s fastest-growing economic region could improve the long-term bottom line of Australian companies, as well as addressing humanitarian issues; a win-win situation.
European women are less likely to hold legislative or managing positions than their North American and Latin American counterparts, according to a major new released by the International Labour Organization. In the Global Report on Equality at Work 2007 – women representation in these positions, throughout the world, increased to 28.3 percent from 25.5 in […]
Scottish ethnic minority women are at the top of their classes but a new report by Equal Opportunities Commission for Scotland says that the impact of “racism sexism, Islamophobia and stereotyping” discourages these women from applying for jobs and getting promotions.
Together with the Hungarian Equality Authority, the campaign, “For Diversity. Against Discrimination,” organised a workshop to help fight discrimination in the country. In a full day training course, participants from NGOs were taught new methods for auditing recruitment practices of Hungarian companies.
A London Metropolitan University professor is developing a test intended to reveal negative associations that potential employees could have toward ethnic groups. In the test, applicants have to put images of black and white faces into positive and negative categories by quickly using the arrow keys on the keyboard.
In a survey conducted by Personnel Today, workplaces are becoming increasingly ‘lookist’. The growing importance of physical attractiveness has led UK workers to being teased about hair colour, fashion sense and regional accents. Society seems to deem this acceptable behaviour. The survey asked to
The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommended that employers should support the government’s strategy of improving the nation’s health by helping their staff to give up smoking. It estimated that a business with 20 workers – of whom typically five would smoke – could spend £66 helping staff to quit, and make an overall […]
