IBM is improving Work/Life balance for IBM employees with children by offering a collection of easy to implement ideas from the International Step by Step Association’s (ISSA) ‘Opening Magic Doors’ Activity Kits. This project addresses one of the primary concerns of IBM employees and parents everywhere – the need to
Am 23. Februar ist das Webradio multicult2.0 online gegangen. Nach der Einstellung von „Radio Multikulti“ durch die Rundfunksanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg, – wir berichteten im Newsletter 49 – entstand die Idee eines selbst verwalteten und finanzierten Online-Radios. Geboten wird ein tägliches Live-Programm, das multilingual, aktuell, kritisch und politisch ist. Besonderen Wert wird auf die Interaktion mit den […]
Talent und Leistungsbereitschaft sollen sich unabhängig von Herkunft und Status entfalten kön-nen und eine Gesellschaft bereichern. Das ist das zentrale Ziel des Schülerstipendienprogramms „START“. Seit 2002 fördert das von der Gemeinnützigen Hertie-Stiftung ins Leben gerufene Projekt begabte und engagierte Jugendliche mit Migrationshintergrund.
In February, the Czech non-governmental organization Z§vůle práva opened a helpline for Roma as part of the “Ma den pes!” (Don’t give in!) project. The goal of the helpline is to provide guidance and advice to people who have been the victims of major crimes and discrimination in the Czech Republic, particularly Roma victims. In […]
New numbers show that the percentage of females within top management levels of major German companies has reach a low plateau. From a Hoppenstedt corporate data base analysis, women in German top management sank from 7.46 percent in 2006 to 5.65 percent in 2007. By the end of 2008, the percentage had barely risen to […]
Anywhere from 10 to 15 percent of the annual bonuses of more than 16,000 Sodexo managers is tied to meeting diversity objectives. For the executive team, 25 percent of their annual bonuses is tied to diversity performance — and is paid regardless of the company’s financial performance. Rohini Anand, senior vice president and global chief […]
Pepsi Bottling has created one of the most diverse boards, in terms of gender and ethnicity, of any company in the Fortune 500 with four women, one of them Hispanic; one African-American man; and one Mexican man among its 10 members. Eric J. Foss, chairman and chief executive of the Pepsi Bottling Group, sat down […]
Between autumn 2007 and spring 2008, a series of national training seminars were financed by the European Commission and carried out in all EU Member States, Turkey, Norway and Iceland. 1100 participants from NGOs and nearly 300 participants from trade unions were trained in national non-discrimination seminars, raising awareness and understanding of national legislation and […]
This European Commission released guide explains the current issues of today’s family and working policies and offers best practices and approaches to support work-life balance with European Structural Funds (ESF). These funds have already financed over 2,5 billion Euros for campaigns to reconcile work and family life and for the promotion of female employment.
Im Dezember erhielt die Ford-Werke GmbH den ersten Preis im Wettbewerb „Kulturelle Vielfalt am Arbeitsplatz“. Ausgezeichnet wurde insbesondere der ganzheitliche Ansatz, alle sichtbaren und unsichtbaren Unterschiede sämtlicher MitarbeiterInnen wertzuschätzen. Seit 1996 ist bei Ford die Förderung des Diversity-Gedankens ein fester Bestandteil der Firmenpolitik.
