Showing posts with label positive discrimination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label positive discrimination. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Turks in Germany encouraged as gov’t promotes affirmative action in job market

Today's Zaman
16 October 2011, Sunday / ERGİN HAVA , İSTANBUL

Following years of problems integrating into the German labor market, Turks in Germany -- particularly the youths –- are now happy to see that the government encourages companies to apply positive discrimination for immigrants when hiring new people, Aynur Boldaz, the owner of one of Germany’s most successful Turkish-owned firms, Forever Clean GmbH, tells Sunday’s Zaman.

Full Story: http://www.todayszaman.com/news-259988-turks-in-germany-encouraged-as-govt-promotes-affirmative-action-in-job-market.html

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

'Address affirmative action in pvt sector'

Times of India
Subodh Ghildiyal, TNN, May 26, 2010, 01.23am IST

NEW DELHI: The social justice ministry is unhappy with the lack of movement in bringing affirmative action to the private sector, a flagship promise of Congress in UPA-1. Social justice minister Mukul Wasnik has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking a review of efforts made in this direction. In his letter, he outlined steps taken to persuade industry to accept preferential employment policies for SCs/STs which essentially have not counted for much. The PM on Monday told reporters that there was a need to create an atmosphere which would let industry and trade help the government in affirmative action. The comment, however, came in the backdrop of the Centre's failure to bring industry around to join in positive discrimination despite the big assurance of not imposing job reservations by legislation.

Full Story: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Address-affirmative-action-in-pvt-sector/articleshow/5974813.cms