Belgium: employers call for firms to make diversity a reality

On February 22, 2006, Jean-Claude Daoust, president of the Federation of Belgian companies, launched a call entitled "diversity, a winning asset" to sensitize companies to open their doors to workers of foreign origin and to avoid a legislative intervention on the matter. (Réf. 01672)

Through . Published on 23 February 2006 à 14h27 - Update on 20 March 2013 à 22h24

“A legislative initiative or any other unilateral public intervention, such as anonymous quotas or curriculum vitae, would probably be counter-productive”, explains Jean-Claude Daoust. This initiative intervenes whereas the press largely commented this week on the submission of a complaint for racial discrimination against a manufacturer of garage doors (Feryn) which refused to engage employees of Moroccan origin. …

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