Juli, 2013

Arab trade union organisation includes Diversity in their set of priorities

The Arab national trade union organisations associated with the ITUC, the so-called global voice of workers worldwide, have decided to launch the process of creating a trade union organisation for the Arab region, using the framework of the ITUC to promote and defend the rights of workers. The purpose of this initiative is to

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Number of over-65s in work tops one Million

The work force is aging as baby boomers move toward retirement. By now, one in ten over-65 year olds are still wage-earners. This question has recently been revisited by the Office of National Statistics in the UK (ONS). When they released a report showing that the number of employees older than 65 have reached far […]

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To add or not to add value: How and why scientific research delivers different answers on the business case

The basic question IF Diversity CAN add value in a business organisation has been investigated by many scientific studies. Due to the nature of academic approaches, each study had to focus on selected aspects and found – depending on the chosen approach – different answers. More recent research tried to

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Young talent wants to live and work individually: Continental graduate Diversity surveys in Germany and Romania

Young people do not want quotas but a good Work-Life balance and an individual life design. Those are the key findings of Continental’s 10th representative ‘Continental Student Survey’, conducted in Germany with about 1,000 students. In 2013,

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French government pushes for progress in Gender Equality for its 5 million public employees

Despite some reservations, French trade unions have signed a new agreement on equality between men and women in the public services in France. This is the concrete outcome of cornerstones, which were discussed during a major conference with all key stakeholders in July 2012. The new framework agreement is a breakthrough for 5 million employees […]

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Really real: Talent shortages are no longer just a future threat – how D&I can help

Talent shortages are having a high impact on a company’s ability to meet their clients’ needs. One out of five employers in the EMEA region that are in need of additional talent agree with this statement. This is one of the eye-opening results from the 2013 Talent Shortage Survey conducted by the Manpower Group. Especially […]

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Swiss Boards are finally becoming international – German boards aren’t

What do the management boards of the largest Swiss corporations look like – with regard to internationality and gender? Since 2006, this question is answered by the annual Schilling Report which evaluates the composition of executive boards and so-called administrative boards (supervisory boards) of the country’s blue chip firms and other large organisations. A similar […]

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Female and male leaders: What drives them and what makes them successful?

Several studies by the headhunting giant Korn/Ferry looked into success factors and strengths of senior executive men and women. One finding may almost sound as an insult, when they say that women ‘are as qualified as men to lead an organization in top executive roles’. Their reports make up for this by showing how women […]

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Workplace Panel; Disability Matters Europe, Springboard

The “Disability Matters Europe” conference was held in Paris from 12th till 13th of June. The conference, organised by Springboard Consulting, features experts from corporations, academia, government and non-profit sector who share best practices with regard to successfully embarking on the special needs workforce.

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