*12 months after being approved to join DCC Jobs* Endorsed Employers for Women group, AGL are extending paid parental leave from 14 weeks to 20 weeks for primary carers, effective 1 July 2017. According to public reports from DCC’s* Partner Workplace Gender Equality...
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Successful Women: Throw down your tresses
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Today, May 17, is the UN's World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (#WTISD) The day is held to raise awareness of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICT) can bring to societies and...
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