IBM is improving Work/Life balance for IBM employees with children by offering a collection of easy to implement ideas from the International Step by Step Association’s (ISSA) ‘Opening Magic Doors’ Activity Kits. This project addresses one of the primary concerns of IBM employees and parents everywhere – the need to
Alljährlich zeichnet das Great Place to Work Institute Deutschland die Sieger des bundeswei-ten Wettbewerbs „Deutschlands Beste Arbeitgeber“ aus. Dieses Jahr nahmen 257 Unternehmen am Wettbewerb teil und stellten sich dem Urteil der Jury. Die Juroren legten besonders viel Wert auf die Punkte Chancengleichheit, Work-Life-Balance und Transparenz.
Mitte Februar stellte Bundesfamilienministerin Ursula von der Leyen den Familienreport 2009 vor. Mit dem Familienreport, der von nun an jährlich erscheinen soll, liegt zum ersten Mal eine umfassende Darstellung von Studien, Daten und Trends rund um Familien und Familienpolitik in Deutschland vor. Ein wichtiges Ergebnis des Berichts lautet, dass eine nachhaltige Familienpo-litik für alle BürgerInnen […]
This European Commission released guide explains the current issues of today’s family and working policies and offers best practices and approaches to support work-life balance with European Structural Funds (ESF). These funds have already financed over 2,5 billion Euros for campaigns to reconcile work and family life and for the promotion of female employment.
Microsoft Austria has been actively working towards their theme of ‘More women in IT’ and has been building their numbers of female employees gradually over the past years. “For the past year and a half, every third new employee at Microsoft Austria has been a woman,” stated Human Resources Manager Alexander Hahnefeld.
Knowing that Work/Life balance is a struggle for many workers, Google has striven to create a working environment that is not only flexible, but also diverse, inclusive and collaborative. One such way the company helps accommodate the time spent at work to the chores that await outside of work is by providing a number of […]
The European Commission has launched a call on companies and organizations to nominate their employees for the Muslim Women Power List of 2009 to celebrate the achievements of professional Muslim women. There are currently over 100,000 Muslim women working in Britain. Recent research conducted by the Commission revealed that
Personal opinions on Diversity at work can now be publicly addressed on the company website. Companies like Accenture and PricewaterhouseCoopers have integrated corporate blogging portals that cover subjects such as ‘The Gender Agenda’ and ‘Work/Life Balance’.
The number of executives reporting that the balance between their working and personal lives has improved is increasing, a survey has found. There has been a 5 percent increase, up to 40 percent, in the number of executives citing improvement, while the number of companies offering work-life balance programs has grown from 8 percent in […]
Drei deutsche Unternehmen wurden am 7. Oktober 2008 in Chicago (USA) mit dem ersten in-ternationalen Arbeitgeberpreis der AARP ausgezeichnet. Die AARP, mit 40 Millionen Einzelmit-gliedern der größte Seniorenverband der Welt, die Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Senioren-Organisationen e.V. (BAGSO) und das Institut für Gerontologie an der Technischen Universität Dortmund würdigten mit dem Preis die innovative Personalpolitik für Mitarbeiterinnen […]
