Tapahtumapäivä
11.03.2025
Tapahtumapaikka
Online
Persons with disabilities are less likely to participate in the labour market, and when they do, they face higher unemployment rates, are more likely to be self-employed and tend to earn lower wages.
This webinar by the ILO Global Business and Disability Network (GBDN) will discuss key insights re the disability pay gap, also based on the ILO Working Paper "A study on the employment and wage outcomes of people with disabilities", present the unintended and negative consequences of measuring the corporate disability pay gap and explain how wage equity benefits a company.
Interpretation from English into International Sign and live captioning will be provided.
The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) celebrate their 15th anniversary this year. The UN Human Rights Council endorsed the UNGPs unanimously, marking the first time that, at an international forum, the duties of States, the responsibilities of companies, and access to remedies were agreed upon.
Shift, the leading center of expertise on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, is hosting webinars to review what the EU Omnibus Simplification Package (OSP) changes mean in practice for how companies should report on sustainability issues and conduct due diligence.
Shift, the leading center of expertise on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, is hosting webinars to review what the EU Omnibus Simplification Package (OSP) changes mean in practice for how companies should report on sustainability issues and conduct due diligence.