Multinational companies are significantly increasing the number of international assignments they offer their staff, especially the number of female expatriates has increased. Some 44 per cent of multinational companies report an increase in the number of international assignments to and from locations other than the headquarters over the past two years, according to
According to a report released from the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), more than seven in ten pregnant women in the UK were treated unfairly at work. Women fired for being pregnant are losing out on £12m in statutory maternity pay every year and replacing these women costs employers £126m every year.
The Danish government has adopted a social welfare agreement, which will see an increase in state pension age and rise in early retirement age to tackle the effects of longevity. According to the welfare reform bill, the pension age will increase from 65 to 67 between 2024 and 2027, and early retirement age will rise […]
Croatian lawmakers have strengthened penalties against racially- and ethnically-motivated crimes. The amendment to the penal code says “every offence committed against a person because of his race, skin colour, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, religion or other particularities” will in future be treated by the courts as aggravating circumstances.
Fifteen Irish organisations are listed among the top 100 best places to work in Europe and two of them are in the top 10. The list was compiled by the British-based Great Place to Work Institute. Given the size of Ireland’s working population the country has five times as many companies listed in the top […]
Twenty-two year old Hayley Tudor has won £20,000 damages against a former employer who had sacked her after she had a stroke and became blind. The case was supported by the DRC, Action for Blind People and Trafford Law Centre. Hayley was dismissed from her job as an animal nursing assistant after she had a […]
Women in the EU earn 15% less than men and progress has been slow in closing gender gaps with men, according to a European Commission’s report: ‘Report on equality between women and men 2006’. The report found that difficulty in managing a work/life balance means that many women leave the labour market.
Gewinner des Journalistenpreises „Für Vielfalt. Gegen Diskriminierung“ sind in diesem Jahr zwei niederländische Journalisten, die für die Zeitschrift Vrij Nederland arbeiten. Der Sieger-Beitrag, von Sander Donkers und Harm Ede Botje, setzt sich mit ethnischer und rassischer Diskriminierung vor allem junger Muslime auf dem Arbeitsmarkt auseinander – einem Problem, das zahlreiche europäi-sche Länder betrifft.
Die Europäische Kommission begrüßte die Entscheidung des Rates und des Parlamentes, 2007 zum „Europäischen Jahr der Chancengleichheit für alle“ auszurufen. Das Jahr für Chancengleichheit soll Europäerinnen und Europäern bewusst machen, dass sie ein Recht auf Gleichbehandlung haben. Es gehe um die Förderung der Chancengleichheit in verschiedenen Bereichen, von der Arbeit bis zur Gesundheitsversorgung, und darum […]
Die Chemieindustrie hat sich als erste Branche in Deutschland zu einer familienfreundlichen Perso-nalpolitik verpflichtet. In einer gemeinsamen Erklärung bekennen sich der Bundesarbeitgeberver-band Chemie (BAVC) und die Industriegewerkschaft Bau, Chemie Energie (IG BCE) zu der Aufga-be, die Berufstätigkeit von Eltern in der chemischen Industrie zu fördern, das Erwerbskräftepoten-zial qualifizierter weiblicher Fachkräfte zu nutzen und die Vereinbarkeit […]
