Oktober, 2006
27. Oktober 2006 || by News Desk || Medien und Diversity, Newsletter ||
A British Airways employee who was banned from openly wearing a small Christian cross fought for her job at a meeting with airline management.Nadia Eweida, 55, a check-in worker, spoke of her dismay after managers insisted she remove or cover up her small cross. When Ms Eweida refused she was sent home on unpaid leave.
Tags: Gender, InternationalitÀt, Religion, Sprache Englisch
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27. Oktober 2006 || by News Desk || HR, Newsletter ||
Intercultural gardens allow immigrants to rent plots of land and plant gardens. They can work side-by-side with Germans — pursuing their gardening hobby, carving out a niche for themselves in a foreign country and improving their German. Many of the foreign gardeners cultivate plants and herbs from their home countries, which they otherwise can’t find […]
Tags: Ethnie / Kultur, Sprache Englisch
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27. Oktober 2006 || by News Desk || Medien und Diversity, Newsletter ||
Lawyers are preparing to sue the internet giant Yahoo over the imprisonment in China of Shi Tao, a journalist convicted of ‚illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities‘ after he sent an email to a pro-democracy website. In 2004 Shi Tao sent an email to an American pro-democracy site about the anniversary of the 1989 […]
Tags: ganzheitlich, Sprache Englisch
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27. Oktober 2006 || by News Desk || Medien und Diversity, Newsletter ||
A female Muslim teacher was suspended by a Dutch school for refusing to shake hands with men. The management at Vader Rijn College asked the Equality Commission to examine the case to confirm whether it had acted correctly. The school teaches pre-vocational secondary education.
Tags: Ethnie / Kultur, Gender, Religion, Sprache Englisch
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27. Oktober 2006 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
More and more women are starting new organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities. Women’s entrepreneurship is expanding around the world. They represent more than one-third of all people involved in entrepreneurial activities and are likely to play an even greater role when informal sectors are considered.
Tags: Gender, Sprache Englisch
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27. Oktober 2006 || by News Desk || Business Case, Newsletter ||
In the mid 20th century, people apparently believed that the many innovations, not least in technology, meant that nothing could replace the innovative powers of the young. Today, Europe is facing both the demographic and cultural challenges of an aging population and older workforce.
Tags: Alter, Ethnie / Kultur, InternationalitÀt, Sprache Englisch
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27. Oktober 2006 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Politik ||
Two new bilateral agreements have been concluded by trade union centres to promote the migrant workers‘ rights in the Middle East and Africa. They reflect the international trade union movement’s resolve to fight for the protection and promotion of migrant workers‘ rights across the globe.
Tags: Ethnie / Kultur, InternationalitÀt, Sprache Englisch
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27. Oktober 2006 || by News Desk || Newsletter, Politik ||
The Latvian Parliament voted to support an amendment to the countryâs Labour Law to explicitly ban sexual orientation discrimination in employment. Before the decision, Latvia was, according to ILGA-Europe, the only member state of the European Union which failed to comply with provisions of the 2000 EU employment equality directive requiring EU member states to […]
Tags: Gender, LGBT / sexuelle Orientierung, Sprache Englisch
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27. Oktober 2006 || by News Desk || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Newsletter ||
HP has been developing and implementing strategies to be a leader in the advancement of women in the technology business. The programmes seem to be successful, as approximately a third of their global executives are women and they are looking to increase their numbers at all levels of the organisation.
Tags: Alter, Gender, InternationalitÀt, Sprache Englisch
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27. Oktober 2006 || by News Desk || Corporate Practice / Strategien und Instrumente, Newsletter ||
According to a report by the European Commission, 29 per cent of those employed as researchers are women. In the business and enterprise sector, the number is a dismal 18 per cent. Moreover, women are more likely to work in firms with lower R&D expenditures.
Tags: Gender, Sprache Englisch
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