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By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 2 Minutes Read October 22, 2010

The underrepresentation of women in the workplace

I just read an interesting report about women in the workplace. Essentially, the report suggests that women remain underrepresented relative to their male counterparts, even though they form a highly educated and skilled labour pool in the market. Given the skills shortage that is expected to occur in the near future due to mass retirements of senior baby boomer workers, this is an unsettling finding. But why is this happening?

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employee Relations / childbearing, education, financial penalty, gender equality, gender wage gap, highly educated and skilled labour pool in the market, labour force intermittency, maternity leave, motherhood, pay equity, pregnancy, report, skills shortage, underrepresentation, unexplained gap, wage gap, wage penalties, women, women in the workplace, workplace

By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read July 29, 2010

Provincial fund to help not-for-profit organizations with infrastructure costs

If you work in the not-for-profit sector, chances are that your organization performs some sort of community service, quite possibly helping disadvantaged persons or designated groups, such as visible minorities, Aboriginals, persons with disabilities or addictions, or women. For this reason alone, not-for-profit organizations are essential to the well-being of our communities and cities. But you already knew that.

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Finance and Accounting, Not for Profit / Aboriginals, Community Capital Fund, community service, designated groups, disabled persons, harmonized sales tax, HST, not-for-profit funding, not-for-profit organizations, not-for-profit policypro, NPPP, ontario, Partnership Project, Trillium Foundation, visible minorities, women

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