On 5 October 2022, the French multinational retail corporation Carrefour announced the second renewal of the global framework agreement on promoting social dialogue and diversity, extended until October 2025.
It confirms its commitment to promoting social dialogue, diversity, and fundamental labour rights in the workplace.
On 17 October 2022, the European Council approved the EU Directive , which aims to promote a balanced gender representation on the boards of listed companies.
The Directive stipulates that members of the under-represented sex should hold at least 40% of non-executive board positions in listed companies by 2026.
Randstad recently released its “Gender equality in the workplace 2022” report, based on the surveys of 6,000 workers across the construction, education, healthcare and technology sectors.
It aims to gain detailed insight into the status quo of UK workplaces and assess the persistence of gender discrimination.