On the grounds that a multicultural vision is still uncommon in movies and on television the French government has decided to promote diversity through a subsidy fund. Called Images de la Diversité, or Images of Diversity, the fund went into effect last year and distributed about €5 million (US$6.8 million) in aid in 2007.
The top 10 law firm Eversheds has piloted a groundbreaking scheme encouraging teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue a career in the legal profession. The UK-based firm has been working with government-appointed Widening Participation Officers (WPOs) based at UK universities tasked with increasing the number of undergraduates from diverse backgrounds.
Law firms are looking to showcase their commitment to diversity in a range of ways as more clients insist on partnering with advisers whose workforce represents women and minority groups. There is growing acknowledgment among top London firms that the figures paint an unappealing picture, particularly on gender equality. Statistics show
European women should get a minimum of 18 weeks of maternity leave paid at the full level of their previous salary, the EU executive has suggested. The new legislation “will help women to combine work and family life, improving their and their family’s quality of life,” EU social affairs commissioner Vladimir Spidla said while presenting […]
On the 16th of October, European Union leaders agreed on the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum, containing sweeping new immigration guidelines focusing on skilled workers rather than refugees. “This pact was adopted unanimously. Europe now has a real immigration policy,” said French President Nicolas Sarkozy, after hosting the EU summit in Brussels.
The BBC has launched a new recruitment drive to increase diversity in its newsrooms across the UK. Working journalists with disabilities and from different social and ethnic backgrounds will be targeted by the initiative, which aims to create a talent pool of potential recruits for the corporation.
With the increasing pool of new graduate entrants with an ethnic minority background, many companies are now tackling diversity by reaching students while they are still in school and their career paths are still undecided. PricewaterhouseCoopers, and other professional services firms, have long been taking this approach.
According to The Future Laboratory, who conducted a report for Microsoft Windows Mobile to explore the future of business working in Britain over the next 25 years, there is a shift towards the utilisation of female and female-oriented soft skills, like flexibility, collaboration, creativity and lateral thinking.
At an international summit held in Astana, Kazakhstan, foreign ministers of more than 50 international countries joined together with Kazakhstan’s president Nursultan Nazarbayev to discuss intolerance and religious and ethnic misunderstanding throughout the world.
The effective navigation and integration of work and private life presents an increasing challenge to the successful management of diverse workforces. The current Work Life Practice Survey (WLPS) among more than 100 international companies in Europe shows that leading employers offer a multitude of Work/Life measures. Still, many programs are focused on traditional family issues. […]
