Entries Tagged as 'Media coverage of The Women's Summit 2008'
Najib backs women’s flexi-hours
The Star, 22 August 2008
By IZATUN SHARI
KUALA LUMPUR: Women should be allowed to work flexible hours because it will encourage more women to join the workforce while helping them to balance work and family.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said a review of the Employment Act 1955 was timely and necessary to allow […]
Playing with the boys
The Star, 4 Sept 2008
By S. Indramalar
Women need to make male colleagues their allies.
WHEN she conceded defeat to Barack Obama in the Democratic presidential nomination last June, Hillary Clinton addressed the millions of women who had backed her and said: “You can be proud that, from now on, it will be unremarkable for a woman to […]
Issues: Be bold and let your hair down
New Straits Times, August 23 2008
Women don’t have to adopt male traits to show they are competent and able to lead, says talent management consultant Rhea Duttagupta
DROP the manly handshake, wear more colours, and let your hair down instead.
That was what talent consultant Rhea Duttagupta did three years ago when she decided to break out […]
Issues:Putting women on equal footing
New Straits Times, August 23 2008
By CHAI MEI LING
A multitude of issues concerning women were raised in this year’s Women’s Summit, but ways to achieve work-life balance remained the topic of focus. CHAI MEI LING comes away feeling like the summit was a new year do served with last year’s dishes
FLEXI hours. Job sharing. Working […]
Flexi-hours: Already practised by companies for decades
News Straits Times, 23 August 2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Flexible hours have been practised by multinational companies for decades.
The good news is that more local companies have adopted the concept by replacing the traditional nine-to-five working hours with a more flexible, employee-oriented and result-driven work culture. This new work culture is less about the hours an employee […]
Categories: Media coverage of The Women's Summit 2008 · The Women's Summit 2008 · Flexible employment · Work Life BalanceWorkplace challenges
By Patsy Kam The Star, August 7 2008
THEY say if the woman of the house is happy, then so is everyone else. The same rules probably apply to the workplace.
This key idea has emerged at the Women’s Summit over the past five years. Speakers from international businesses in Malaysia and around the world have vouched […]