ING Makes the List: 2007 List of Best Places to Work for GLBT Workers.
Human Rights Campaign Foundation gives 2007 Best Places to Work for GLBT Equality Seal to ING for being one of America's Best Companies for GLBT Workers ATLANTA, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Atlanta-based ING U.S. Financial Services was one of 142 companies to receive the distinction and seal...

Pitching the MS talent pool to employers.
A talented employee with MS is first a talented employee. These people have skills and experience that employers value. Does a disability have to get in the way? To educate employers about MS and to encourage them to hire and keep qualified individuals with the disease, the...

Ferguson career resource guide for women and minorities; 2v.
9780816061303 Ferguson career resource guide for women and minorities; 2v. Ferguson Publishing 2006 760 pages $125.00 Hardcover HF5382 For grades nine and up, this two-volume set serves as a resource for career information...

FNTC program provides career opportunities.
Since 1986, the First Nation Training Corps (FNTC) has been providing First Nation people in the Yukon with opportunities for on-the-job training that could eventually lead to employment within the territorial government or with a First Nations government. The program is one among several government initiatives designed to increase...

Race equality and health service management: the professional interface: Penny Franklin outlines the importance of educating and supporting issues of equity and diversity in the workplace by focusing on the race equality agenda.
Summary The Amicus/CPHVA Equalities Committee is working to educate and support the workforce on equity and diversity. There is a strong focus on the race equality agenda. A work pack has been developed to help members challenge racism in the work place. It can be argued that...

Organizational barriers to diversity in the workplace.
Introduction Despite the proliferation of research on discrimination, the value of diversity and multiculturalism in organizations, the literature fails to address the more serious dimensions of difference in organizations. In particular, we suggest that more attention must be paid to some common dilemmas of diversity, such as...

Straight talk about gays in the workplace; creating an inclusive, productive environment for everyone in your organization, 3d ed.
1560235462 Straight talk about gays in the workplace; creating an inclusive, productive environment for everyone in your organization, 3d ed. Winfeld, Liz. Harrington Park Press 2005 216 pages $39.95 Hardcover Haworth gay &...

How are companies achieving workplace diversity?
With 62 million people wielding a combined buying power of over $500 billion, the nation's African-American, Asian, and Latino populations grew nearly four times as fast as the White population did in the 1980's. Minorities, who were 31 percent of the nation's children in 1990, will increase to 34 percent...

Cases in Gender and Diversity in Organizations.
1412918049 Cases in gender and diversity in organizations. Ed. by Alison M. Konrad. Sage Publications 2006 244 pages $54.95 Paperback The Ivey casebook series HF5549 The Richard Ivey Business...

The diversity rationale for affirmative action in employment after Grutter: the case for containment.
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. NARROW RANGE OF INTERESTS THAT JUSTIFIED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION UNDER EQUAL PROTECTION BEFORE GRUTTER A. National Security B. Diversity of Viewpoints in Public Higher Education C. Remediation of Identifiable Past Discrimination II. EXCLUSIVE NARROW REMEDIAL EXCEPTION TO TITLE VII BEFORE GRUTTER A. Narrow Remedial Exception...