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Nov 20 2019November 20, 2019

Italy becomes the first country to teach climate change in school

Leave a Comment / CSR, Education, Employee Engagement / By SLSV / November 20, 2019 November 20, 2019

Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti has announced that the topics of climate change and global warming will soon be taught as subjects in Italian schools. Starting next September, students in Italian public schools will attend lessons on climate change for a total of 33 hours a year, more or less one per week. The reform was announced by Lorenzo Fioramonti, …

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Jun 18 2019June 18, 2019

Why flexible workspaces are the key to winning the talent war

Leave a Comment / Employee Engagement, Information, research / By SLSV / June 18, 2019 June 18, 2019

While the concept of open office spaces might seem new, they have been around since the 1940s. Back then, architects convinced companies that open-plan spaces would promote community, connection and inclusion at work. Fast forward to 2005, when Google hired architect Clive Wilkinson to create communal office spaces and glassed-in meeting rooms at their Mountain View, California …

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May 20 2019May 20, 2019

The changing definition of work-life balance

2 Comments / Employee Engagement, research / By SLSV / May 20, 2019 May 20, 2019

9-5 desk jobs have become redundant and been replaced by flexible work timings. With the increasing complexity of work, extensive travel requirements & hyper-connectivity facilitated by technology; the lines between work & life are blurring more than ever. The new age office ‘A room, set of rooms, or building used as a place for commercial, …

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May 10 2019May 10, 2019

Inclusive workplaces for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Leave a Comment / CSR, Employee Engagement, Information / By SLSV / May 10, 2019 May 10, 2019

Due to the concerted efforts of academics and disability activists alike, the dialogue around disability has moved far away from theories of ableism and segregation. Decades of work to change attitudes and approaches towards PwDs (persons with disabilities) has brought the concepts of diversity, equity and inclusion to the forefront of the disability discourse. In …

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May 7 2019May 7, 2019

Gender pay gap warrants changes in workforce

Leave a Comment / Employee Engagement, Gender Inequality, Information, research / By SLSV / May 7, 2019 May 7, 2019

As female college graduates are entering the workforce, discrimination is an issue they may have to overcome. With this unfair treatment, a woman’s pay can also be at risk. The gender pay gap is a form of discrimination against women in the workplace that consists of the pay inequality between men and women. In 2019, …

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