The Conference Board announces its annual European Work-Life & Diversity event: Productivity is not traditionally “top of mind” for Diversity, Inclusion, and Work-Life management experts. However, business leaders and practitioners of diversity, inclusion, and work-life management can make major contributions to solving issues of their companies.
Unternehmen müssen „demographieschlau“ handeln, schreibt Astrid Funck in der “Brand eins” Serie „Soziale Innovation Arbeit und Leben“. Bedeutet konkret: Unternehmen müssen neben dem demographischen Wandel auch den Wertetrend der Gesellschaft bedenken, um weiterhin wettbewerbsfähig zu bleiben.
According to data released in late July by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women do 63 percent of household work. While women dedicate an average of almost 16 hours per week to household tasks such as cleaning and preparing food, men’s contributions add up to less than ten hours weekly.
Unter dem gemeinsamen Dach der Marke E.ON ist der Energie-Konzern geprägt von zahlreichen großen und kleinen Unterschieden: Die zum Konzern gehörenden Unternehmen wie E.ON Ruhrgas oder E.ON UK agieren in unterschiedlichen Märkten und jede Business Unit hat ihre eigene lokale Unternehmenskultur, da der Konzern überwiegend aus Fusionen und Akquisitionen entstand. Gerade mal sechs Jahre alt […]
The European Year of Disabled People in 2003 provided the perfect opportunity for Bertelsmann – a worldwide media corporation – to launch its disability initiative. Its German companies, which employ around 35% of the group’s 80,000 staff, are taking the initiative to change perceptions of the role of disabled people in professional life, both in […]
A survey carried out by Lloyds TSB and the work-life balance charity, Working Families, in their search for the UK’s Best Boss showed that eight out of ten women in the UK said that they would quit and find another job if they had a very bad relationship with their boss.
According to a report released from the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), more than seven in ten pregnant women in the UK were treated unfairly at work. Women fired for being pregnant are losing out on £12m in statutory maternity pay every year and replacing these women costs employers £126m every year.
Fifteen Irish organisations are listed among the top 100 best places to work in Europe and two of them are in the top 10. The list was compiled by the British-based Great Place to Work Institute. Given the size of Ireland’s working population the country has five times as many companies listed in the top […]
Women in the EU earn 15% less than men and progress has been slow in closing gender gaps with men, according to a European Commission’s report: ‘Report on equality between women and men 2006’. The report found that difficulty in managing a work/life balance means that many women leave the labour market.
Die Chemieindustrie hat sich als erste Branche in Deutschland zu einer familienfreundlichen Perso-nalpolitik verpflichtet. In einer gemeinsamen Erklärung bekennen sich der Bundesarbeitgeberver-band Chemie (BAVC) und die Industriegewerkschaft Bau, Chemie Energie (IG BCE) zu der Aufga-be, die Berufstätigkeit von Eltern in der chemischen Industrie zu fördern, das Erwerbskräftepoten-zial qualifizierter weiblicher Fachkräfte zu nutzen und die Vereinbarkeit […]
