In early July, the French Parliament passed legislation into law to overhaul immigration policy. Most of the new rules make obtaining a visa or a work permit much more difficult, and it abolished an old policy of granting legal status to illegal immigrants who could document ten years of residency.
Addressing an audience of senior executives from all over Europe at the second annual “Women in Leadership” conference held this year in Geneva on 17 and 18 June, Niall Fitzgerald, KBE, Chairman of Unilever and Vice-Chairman of The Conference Board, referred to a study completed 25 years ago which listed several feminine qualities that served […]
The European Year of Disabled People in 2003 provided the perfect opportunity for Bertelsmann – a worldwide media corporation – to launch its disability initiative. Its German companies, which employ around 35% of the group’s 80,000 staff, are taking the initiative to change perceptions of the role of disabled people in professional life, both in […]
Age discrimination is not only widespread in the workplace, but is shot through with inconsistencies. That showed a survey of more than 2,600 managers and personnel professionals commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Six in ten managers reported being a victim of age discrimination
A former housing officer of black South African descent has been awarded £30,000 after a job at Edinburgh Council was withdrawn after a warning from an official at Stirling. Seg Naicker had formerly been a housing officer with Stirling Council. Three years ago, Stirling Council compensated Mr. Naicker after he had suffered racial harassment and […]
We asked you, our readers, to provide feedback on the four zero copies of our new EMEA DiversityNews we were sending out last month. Quite a few shared their perspectives and comments with us by taking part in our online evaluation. The results are more than just positive. We received
A survey carried out by Lloyds TSB and the work-life balance charity, Working Families, in their search for the UK’s Best Boss showed that eight out of ten women in the UK said that they would quit and find another job if they had a very bad relationship with their boss.
Immigrants in Spain are emerging as a powerful new force in the Spanish economy, raising demand for housing, which in turn is sustaining the country’s construction boom. With the rising demand for housing, increased demand for skilled immigrant construction workers has also risen. The flow on effect of increased immigration to Spain has led to […]
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has told newspaper editors to stop publishing pictures of women as they could lead young men astray. After a meeting with editors end of May, the king was reported in the Saudi media as saying that “one needs to think if he would want his daughter, sister or wife to […]
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
