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Smoking in the workplace

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 […]

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EU publishes report on women with disabilities

The European Parliament has published a report on the situation of women with disabilities in the EU which calls on its Member States to “ensure the removal of existing barriers and obstacles, including architectural barriers, with view to creating equal rights and opportunities for women and girls with disabilities to play a part in family, […]

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EU penalties for racism and xenophobia

Last month, the Council of EU Justice Ministers has reached a political agreement on a Framework Decision on combating racism and xenophobia. With the growing racial tension in Europe it has become imperative that the EU step in. The focus of the framework is the prohibition of public incitement to violence and hatred against persons […]

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Diversity in European parliament?

With 785 representatives from 27 member countries and chambers in Brussels and Strasbourg, the European parliament is the world’s only directly elected international chamber. It represents a more diverse range of people than almost any other – 492 million European citizens. But, it is also almost completely white.

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Agenda for an ageing workforce

A report released by Manpower this month, highlights the very real and complex threat to employer’s ability to compete. This threat is about the draining of skills and knowledge that occurs every time an experienced older worker retires with no one ready to succeed him due, in part, to poor planning by employers and lack […]

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Disability lingo scares employers

Four out of five UK employers believe in employing disabled people as a part of their diversity goals, recognizing the talents and skills they bring to the workplace. But many are scared off by politically correct “language of disability.” In a survey recently released by Remploy, researchers have highlighted that there is misunderstanding regarding the […]

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Bewusster Bruch mit Geschlechterdomänen – alle Beteiligten profitieren davon

Eine Geschlechterdomäne brechen – das kann für so manchen Mann zum großen Spaß werden. Im Kindergarten des baden-württembergischen Esslingen ist der Iraner Masoud Rafienejad der Liebling der Kiddies. Eine männliche Kindergartenmutti? Rafienejad ist Erzieher – eine seltene Ausnahme in Baden-Württemberg sowie bundesweit. Doch die gezielte Ansprache männlicher Bewerber war ein voller Erfolg:

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