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NAOMI POWELL
STOCKHOLM— Globe and Mail Blog
Posted on Monday, April 18, 2011 7:00AM EDT
Want to spice up your morning meeting? Suggest a gender quota for the company board. Then run for cover, because few things provoke such sputtering, vehement opposition from the business community. This is particularly true in Europe just now, where gender quotas are playing a central role in debates about how to correct severe imbalances in boardrooms. Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, Belgium -- all are examining quotas as a way to get more women into board seats.
Full Story: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/daily-mix/norways-boardroom-equity-push-spreads-across-eu/article1979118/
Showing posts with label Norway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Norway. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Affirmative action for immigrants (Norway)
The Norwegian government will implement a program of moderate immigrant hiring quotas at 12 state services.
The test program will include the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), the Directorate of Public Construction and Property, the Norwegian State Housing Bank and nine other state operations, Aftenposten reports.
The moderate quotas will give "positive special treatment" to immigrants when they have approximately the same qualifications as other applicants.
"Moderate quotas are a reasonably strong tool," said Minister of Government Administration and Reform Heidi Grande Røys.
"This applies primarily to those immigrants who have the greatest problems entering the job market. We are not talking about Swedes," Røys said, and pointed out that even though immigrant unemployment is dropping, the gap between jobless Norwegians and out of work immigrants remains large.
[To view the entire article, go to: http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2160440.ece]
The test program will include the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), the Directorate of Public Construction and Property, the Norwegian State Housing Bank and nine other state operations, Aftenposten reports.
The moderate quotas will give "positive special treatment" to immigrants when they have approximately the same qualifications as other applicants.
"Moderate quotas are a reasonably strong tool," said Minister of Government Administration and Reform Heidi Grande Røys.
"This applies primarily to those immigrants who have the greatest problems entering the job market. We are not talking about Swedes," Røys said, and pointed out that even though immigrant unemployment is dropping, the gap between jobless Norwegians and out of work immigrants remains large.
[To view the entire article, go to: http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2160440.ece]
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