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 […]
Four out of five UK employers believe in employing disabled people as a part of their diversity goals, recognizing the talents and skills they bring to the workplace. But many are scared off by politically correct “language of disability.” In a survey recently released by Remploy, researchers have highlighted that there is misunderstanding regarding the […]
A survey conducted by Now Consulting Diva has discovered that approximately half of lesbian and gay workers in the UK do not feel able to reveal their sexuality to all those they work with. The research also found that one in eight lesbians and one in ten gay men are harassed at work.
Die Werbung ist bunt und schillernd – die Zielgruppe eigentlich auch. Dennoch spricht Werbung längst nicht alle an.
Für die einen ist er der Fels in der Brandung, der liebenswerte Ruhepol mit den eisernen Nerven und der wahrscheinlich angenehmste Kollege der Welt – andere zucken mit den Augenbrauen und verziehen das Gesicht, wenn sie ihn sehen. Der schwergewichtige Kollege, der mit so manchem Kilo zuviel auf die Arbeit kommt, ist allzu oft herabwürdigenden […]
A Danish study, supported by the Integration Ministry, has found that many immigrants in the workplace have problems interpreting the less concrete communication forms used by their Danish colleagues. Danish workplace culture is often difficult for employees of foreign background to understand, and their unknowing failure to follow accepted behaviours can discourage them. The study […]
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.
In a report based on figures from PricewaterhouseCoopers Monks pay database, women are increasingly leaving senior management positions. The number of female senior managers working in major UK businesses has taken a sharp fall of over 40% in the last five years. In 2002, some 38% of senior manager level posts in the FTSE 350 […]
A large number of business leaders will only appoint a woman into a very senior post in times of crisis and poor performance, according to a new report. Women face a “hidden form of discrimination”, which sees them more readily appointed to tough jobs where they are more likely to fail, according to Women in […]
Employers are failing to understand the genuine business benefits of diversity, with ‘old school’ attitudes still outweighing genuine understanding of the issues. That’s the verdict of a study from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) which suggests many businesses are missing out on the benefits that good practice could deliver. The report
