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Diversity management in Brussels. Legislation Charter Action Plan Label. Legislation. European directives (2000/43 & 2000/78) Belgian laws (10 May 2007) Gender Origins (> 30/07/1981 law against racism and xenophobia) Discriminations Brussels legislation (4 September 2008)
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Diversity management in Brussels Legislation Charter Action Plan Label
Legislation • European directives (2000/43 & 2000/78) • Belgian laws (10 May 2007) • Gender • Origins (> 30/07/1981 law against racism and xenophobia) • Discriminations • Brussels legislation (4 September 2008) • Private sector & intermediates • Public sector (regional administrations) • Public sector (communal administrations)
Company Diversity Charter • Initiative from the Brussels’ Minister of Employment and the Association of Brussels Enterprises (UEB-VOB) • 19th of December 2005: the first 50 Brussels’ companies signed the Brussels’ diversity charter • September 2009: 140 charters signed
Company Diversity Charter • 3 types of Charters: • Private companies • Non profit organisations • Public institutions • Different types of companies: • Big (Axa, Carrefour, Manpower, L’Oréal…) • SME (EXKi, Cofinimmo, Jani-king…) • Companies with different activities : construction, merchandising, chemistry, services…
Company Diversity Charter • Communication tool (internal and external) • Objective: • 2005-2007: communication and commitment • Sinds 2007: commitment towards drawing up and implementing a diversity plan (all the new signatories use this tool tocommunicate the beginning of their diversityaction plan)
Diversity Action Plan • 6 groups of recipients: • Nationality (UE 27 vs non UE 27) • Handicaps • Gender • Juniors (-26 years) • Seniors (45 years and +) • Less educated (without Certificate of Higher Secondary Education)
Diversity Action Plan • 4 domains of intervention: • Recruitment & selection • Human Resources Management • Internal communication & sensibilisation • External communication
Diversity Action Plan • 4 steps: • Analysis of the full staff (quantitative and qualitative) • Company specific diversity actions (in function of the analysis) with targets + timing + budget • Official agreement of the decision-making body • Evaluation (after 2 years) • Brussels’ support: • Logistic support: 4 diversity consultants • Financial support: up to 10.000 €
Brussels Diversity Label • If positive evaluation of the first diversity plan, the company may askfor a Brussels diversity label. • Communication tool to show the firstaction plan was a success. • Development tool (2 years). Toask for a new label, the company has toimplement a new diversity plan thatwill have to get a positive evaluation.
More info… www.diversite.irisnet.be Audrey Leenaerts Diversity consultant 0032 (0)499/966.376 aleenaerts@actiris.be