The Law of Equality passed last year is not the sole motivator towards the trend of flexible working. An increasing amount of Spanish companies value this tool as a means of holding on to valuable staff. The list of initiatives is growing and they are becoming more sophisticated, from physiotherapy to gym memberships to help […]
This project is addressed to artists, confectioners, bakers, chefs and creatives, who are interested in the realisation of an artistic project which aims to promote the meeting and dialogue among cultures, through the distribution of new sweet recipes around the Mediterranean countries, made by the Love Difference confectioneries.
From this year on Norwegian law requires publicly listed corporations to have at least 40 percent women on their boards of directors. The legislation was actually introduced in 2003, but gave companies five years to bring more women onto their boards with a January 1, 2008 deadline. According to the law, companies that failed to […]
The University of Vienna is hosting the First International Diversity Summer School in July. The five-day event will feature a panel of speakers and issues that touch Diversity experts. Topics are: Diversity in the Context, Diverse Cultures – Diverse Languages, Standards and Quality Assurance of Diversity Management, Diverse Cities/Enterprisese/Project. For more information on the programme […]
Politicians, academics, NGOs and sport federations alike are sounding the alarm over the increase in violence and racism linked with sport events. „In recent years we have seen too much violence, too many manifestations of intolerance and racist and xenophobic acts surrounding football matches. All this is changing one of the most loved and watched […]
Pinknews reports that a lesbian called ‘Gay’ has been reprimanded for using her name in work e-mails. Gay Hamilton of New Zealand was sent an automated e-mail from the broadband provider Telecom which read:
In a survey conducted by Personnel Today, workplaces are becoming increasingly ‘lookist’. The growing importance of physical attractiveness has led UK workers to being teased about hair colour, fashion sense and regional accents. Society seems to deem this acceptable behaviour. The survey asked to
Some European members of Parliament have submitted a draft declaration to the European Parliament requiring ISPs to take action against online hate speech. It calls on ISPs to better monitor the content of the sites they host in order to keep hate speech off the web.
The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommended that employers should support the government’s strategy of improving the nation’s health by helping their staff to give up smoking. It estimated that a business with 20 workers – of whom typically five would smoke – could spend £66 helping staff to quit, and make an overall […]
At a recent forum looking at the role of Saudi women in the year 2020, it was clear that women have an important role to play in the future of Saudi Arabia. In her keynote address, Princess Adelah bint Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz stressed the importance of women’s empowerment and cautioned that the country will […]
