International fast food chain McDonalds, being the target of criticism concerning the restaurant’s working conditions for years, has launched a career and lifestyle website for its 67,000 employees in the UK to support their future development.
People in Lithuania complain of long waits for taxis, unrepaired flats and long lines at grocery stores – according to a recent workpermit.com-Report, service industry workers in Lithuania have become a rarity. Facing a low birth rate and a rapidly ageing population, the employee gap in the Lithuanian service sector is growing continuously. In order […]
According to a recent analysis, the number of migrant workers who have registered for work in Scotland has risen enormously in the last two years. 40,000 migrant workers have registered for National Insurance – that’s more than double the number of 15,000 workers counted two years before. Additionally,
The composition of the recently elected Austrian government shows the country’s efforts towards equal treatment of men and women. Eight of the twenty top positions in the Austrian government are filled by women – this means an average of 40 percent of ministresses and state secretaries. Additionally,
Following new government plans, asylum seekers and refugees or low earners from ethnic minority backgrounds will have to pay for English language lessons in the United Kingdom – an offer that was free of charge up to now for integrative reasons.
Work life balance prizes don’t just award companies – in Switzerland, families can also be rewarded with such an honour. „Employés Suisse“, the biggest national employee organisation in Switzerland, awards three families (gay and lesbian families can also participate) that focus on a good balance between work and life.
Five multinational companies have been added to the AARP’s „National Employer Team“. Companies like Staples (office supplier), Home Depot (home improvement retailer) or ClientLogic (business process outsourcing services), who operate branches in Europe, Middle East and Asia, are now part of AARP’s list of companies that promote work for older people.
According to UNICEF’s „State of the World’s Children 2007 report“, inequality at home between men and women leads to poorer health for the children and greater poverty for the family. UNICEF surveyed family decision-making in 30 countries around the world and found that where women are excluded from family decision-making processes, children are more likely […]
In his recent „Global Report on Aging“, Finnish researcher Kimmo Leppo found out that, due to its fertility history and recent increases in longevity, the Finnish population is aging more rapidly than most populations in Europe. The proportion of people over 65 will increase from 16 to 27 percent in 2030.
Franz Müntefering hatte zu Jahresbeginn reichlich Grund zur Freude: die Homepage seines Bundesarbeitsministeriums erreichte beim Selbsttest auf Grundlage der BIT(Barrierefreie Informationstechnik)-Verordnung ein Traumergebnis von 96 aus 100 möglichen Punkten.
