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The Invisible Carer: Employers need to do more to help their caring workforce

New research from My Family Care and the Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion (enei) has found that UK businesses are not doing enough to support their caring workforce – therefore running the risk of a talent retention crisis.  In a survey of 1,000 consumers and 100 employers, the study found that 40% of carers […]

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Employers claim they care about working mothers but don’t deliver on retention

How do pregnant women and young mothers feel during important their most important phases? New studies show that one of three women don’t see their needs supported when they are pregnant or as a mother of a young baby. However, employers view the support of pregnant women and those in maternity leave for their own […]

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Benefits from flexibility – agile working environments

Do you want your employees to be satisfied and productive at the same time? Research shows that agile working holds substantial benefits for employers – if they are able to provide several preconditions and to face the obstacles of managing a mostly absent staff. German academics especially see career opportunities for women deriving from flexible […]

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“Oh, your German is really good!“ – How the experience of discrimination affects jobseekers

An Austrian study recently investigated how jobseekers are disadvantaged based on their ethnicity. While many studies already found that discrimination based on race is widespread in the Austrian labour market, the recent research adds new and profound insights. It shows that people belonging to ethnic minorities not only have lower rates of invitations for job […]

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Timely study for Pride Season: LGBT research review offers insight for D&I practitioners

A systematic literature review on careers and workplace experiences of LGBT employees has recently been published in the Human Resource Development Review. It contains a discussion of empirical findings from 263 manually selected studies dating from 1985 until today. The content emerges from within business, management and broader social sciences disciplines. We have exclusively summarised the […]

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Inclusiveness beyond traditional Diversity Dimensions: Levi’s engagement for people with HIV

The famous U.S. apparel company Levi Strauss & Co. is very committed to a topic, which is usually not associated with D&I programmes – at least not in public. HIV or AIDS. The firm goes beyond the traditional D&I portfolio and shows that Inclusiveness is also about being open and inclusive for people in specific […]

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Sudden progress on two LGBTI taboo issues in Europe and in the Catholic Church in Germany

With networks for gay and lesbian employees having become a standard practice, the absence of LGBTI integration in many aspects of work life is often overlooked: transgender persons, gay employees in organisations belonging to the Catholic church, gays or lesbians in top management, homosexual images in advertisement. In two areas, we have seen surprisingly strong […]

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Employer Branding: Jobmagazin KarriereFĂŒhrer mit Schwerpunkt Diversity

Unter dem Titel „Vielfalt – viel Erfolg“ widmet sich die aktuelle Ausgabe des KarriereFĂŒhrer, einem fĂŒhrenden Jobmagazin fĂŒr Hochschulabsolventen, dem Thema Diversity. Auf zwanzig der insgesamt 36 Seiten stellt das Spezialmedium die Bedeutung des Ansatzes fĂŒr AbsolventInnen dar und ruft dazu auf, dass sich NachwuchskrĂ€fte ihrer IndividualitĂ€t bewusst werden und den Umgang mit anderen reflektieren.

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ARAG’s Corporate Journal features Cultural diversity

How does cultural diversity look like in everyday business life inside a company? This is what the cover story of the latest ARAG company journal is about. Under the heading ‘Living Diversity’, the main article provides insights into practical D&I experiences at ARAG, a leading German insurance group with subsidiaries in 13 European countries. In […]

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Report on women in the telecommunication sector: Status quo and good practices

GSMA, the International association of mobile operators, has released a snapshot report on women in the ITC industry. The document, ‘Accelerating the Digital Economy: Gender Diversity in the Telecommunications Sector’, aims at providing a baseline for workforce evolution, sharing best practices and supporting the industry in shaping workplaces that take full advantage of gender diversity. […]

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