Yesterday, on March 30, 2011 there was a high-level-meeting of politicians and labor directors of Germany’s DAX 30 companies . The goal of this meeting was to get a mandatory statement from the representatives of business how they want to ... read more
Tag: Vereinbarkeit
Powerwomen in Dialogue / Starke Frauen im Gespräch
The starting event of our internal women’s network at Henkel “Women in Leadership” (WiL) in 2011 was the high-light-event at the same time: the round-table discussion with Simone Bagel-Trah our chairwoman of the shareholder committee and of the supervisory board ... read more
The ideal mother: successful, relaxed, caring and attractive / Die ideale Mutter: erfolgreich, relaxt, fürsorglich und attraktiv
Last week the study “Having babies in Germany” commissioned by Milupa was published. For this study about 1000 young women have been interviewed, amongst them mothers, pregnant women and also women without children. Results showed that young women feel the pressure ... read more
The low birth-rate in Germany – a problem of mentality? / Die niedrige Geburtenrate in Deutschland – ein Problem der Mentalität?
German Family Minister Kristina Schröder won’t be happy to read this FAZ-Headline: „Germany will shrink, despite an improved family policy.“ She wants to improve political measures such as guaranteed childcare and parental leave , as incentives to start a family. ... read more
Recent topic: Family Friendly Companies / Aktuelles Thema: Familienfreundliche Unternehmen
The current issue of the Newsletter „Success Factor Family“ brings up the topic of family friendliness in companies. Research conducted by the Ministry of Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth proved that family-friendliness is one of the main factors for ... read more
Exemplary Henkel-project: Care Support / Vorbildliches Henkel Projekt: Care Support
The reconciliation of family and career is not only a matter of childcare. Many employees take care of elderly or sick family members. Often, concerned people feel left alone with this burden. Also a couple of Henkel-employees struggled with the ... read more
The Part-time Managers / Die Teilzeit-Manager
Is it possible to work part time and still have a career? Until now, the answer would was mostly No. A study conducted by the University Essen-Duisburg asked Human Resource Managers of large companies, whether a part-time career is possible. ... read more
New form of apprenticeship helps young parents / Neue Ausbildungsform hilft jungen Eltern
The Deutsche Welle in Bonn was one of the first companies to introduce a new form of apprenticeships: the part-time apprenticeship for young parents. A part-time apprenticeship allows young parents to finish an apprenticeship and still take care of their ... read more