The freedom of an estimated one million Sikhs in Europe to visibly practice their faith is a major concern for Sikhs throughout the world. Sikh and human rights representatives from over a dozen countries across the globe took part in a conference to highlight the problem of religious freedoms.
Across Europe racist incidents among young people are on the rise. According to Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, school is the place to make or break our efforts to stop this trend. The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) has published a Recommendation comprising a list of measures which are […]
A Danish study, supported by the Integration Ministry, has found that many immigrants in the workplace have problems interpreting the less concrete communication forms used by their Danish colleagues. Danish workplace culture is often difficult for employees of foreign background to understand, and their unknowing failure to follow accepted behaviours can discourage them. The study […]
To date, flexible working law in the UK has enabled parents with a child under 6 or a disabled child under 18 to make a request for flexible working, and places a duty on employers to consider such requests seriously and only reject them for good business reasons. But as of 6 April 2007 the […]
Companies in France have begun scouring the country’s minority communities for untapped talent, as changing markets make a diverse work force a valuable asset. But beyond the business benefits, the effort could help ease the economic disparities that were a major factor in last year’s nationwide riots. Part of the problem is that affirmative action […]
Migration will not provide a long-term solution to Europe’s ageing crisis. Instead, policymakers must focus on getting people to have more babies while working ‚longer and better‘, business leaders declared at the European Business Summit. Soon, more than half of the European population will be over 40.
In a report based on figures from PricewaterhouseCoopers Monks pay database, women are increasingly leaving senior management positions. The number of female senior managers working in major UK businesses has taken a sharp fall of over 40% in the last five years. In 2002, some 38% of senior manager level posts in the FTSE 350 […]
Eine erste Klage gegen das Allgemeine Gleichbehandlungsgesetz ist in erster Instanz gescheitert. Das Arbeitsgericht Frankfurt wies eine Beschwerde von Piloten zurück, die eine Altersgrenze von 60 Jahren als Diskriminierung empfanden. Wie die Richter feststellten, sei das Mittel der Altersgrenze ebenso wie die konkrete Begrenzung auf 60 Jahre auf den Schutz von Leib und Leben der […]
Eine Frauenquote? In der Agentur „uphoff pr“ könnte man über eine Männerquote nachdenken. Elf Frauen arbeiten in der Marburger Agentur, acht von ihnen sind Mütter. Wie sie den Betrieb und ihre Familien vereinbaren? „Oft muss man ganz schön jonglieren“, sagt Unternehmensgründerin und Geschäftsführerin Dr. Karin Uphoff. Doch die sechsfache Mutter hat in den vergangenen vier […]
Die Gemeinde der deutschen Unternehmen, die sich zu einer nachhaltigen Diversity-Strategie bekennen, wächst ständig. Am 21. März 2007 unterzeichnete unter anderem Kraft Foods in Berlin die „Charta der Vielfalt der Unternehmen in Deutschland“. Mit einer ganzen Reihe von Maßnahmen möchte das Unternehmen für Chancengleichheit und ein ausgewogenes Verhältnis zwischen Arbeit und Privatleben sorgen.
