In the UK the coalition government introduced two important measures to fight ageism. The Default Retirement Age (DRA) will be scrapped from October 2011 so that no forced retirements will be able to take place after 5 October 2012 (at the very latest).
Over the last years people with a disability have experienced many improvements in their everyday life and regarding their inclusion. Maybe surprisingly, they have to cope, however, with almost unnoticed barriers in a fast-developing hi-tech area: social networking.
Over the last years, Diversity Councils have become almost standard tools in the implementation of Diversity & Inclusion (D&I). In practice, these committees vary significantly regarding their set-up, objectives and approaches, which consequently leads to different results. Credit Suisse pursues a distinct approach and has established four regional Diversity Councils in their global organisation.
Diversity strives to make the most of differences through a better understanding of the power of individual potential effectively combined. Communicating the essence of D&I through distinct messages interally is key to stimulate engagement and support for the change needed. Two of the largest global companies have delivered spot-on: HSBC and Bosch.
The perception that Diversity Management continues to become more important and thus more prevalent in International companies has not been confirmed through hard data. The first comprehensive analysis of organisational structures for D&I in large multinational firms in Europe shows a steady increase in D&I functions – and the study found some interesting facts around […]
The attention on ‘women in management’ never decreased since Norway had introduced female quota for supervisory boards. Two current publications look at the issue but not from a pure numbers perspective: The public opinion of European Union citizens and an empirical analysis of gender-specific barriers for women to be selected for director positions.
Along with the globalisation of business, Diversity practitioners started to take their strategies to an International level around the year 2000. As the discussion of “Global Diversity” has recently become quite calm, we should ask what has happened to the promising approach…
The European Diversity Forum 2012 (FED) held in Paris on 2nd & 3rd July 2012. Co-organised by Club XXIe Siècle (21st Century Club) and the French Association of Diversity Managers (AFMD), it is probably the largest quality event on Diversity & Inclusion in Europe. European Diversity Research & Consulting is an international partner of the […]
Success through Diversity Management: 135 empirical studies (up from 90) on the economic relevance, benefits and value-added from D&I Diversity and Inclusion has been established as a strategic approach in the U.S., across EMEA, in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and other countries worldwide. But, what in fact can organisations gain from Diversity? Which empirically measurable […]
When the ‘Law on Employment and Vocational Rehabilitation of Persons with Disability’ was adopted in Serbia in June 2012, the challenge of empowering disabled persons in the working field had not been a new topic for Delta Holding, a commercial conglomerate engaged in agriculture, food production and real estate. The Serbian company,
