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Attractive workplace on equal terms

Attractive workplace on equal terms. Goal. Using gender equality work as method to develop organisation, activity and professional role. Improvement of qualifications More men employed at School restaurants Try new ways of organising work to decrease long-term sick-leave. Target group.

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Attractive workplace on equal terms

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  1. Attractive workplace on equal terms

  2. Goal • Using gender equality work as method to develop organisation, activity and professional role. • Improvement of qualifications • More men employed at School restaurants • Try new ways of organising work to decrease long-term sick-leave

  3. Target group • Long-term unemployed, interested in or with some background in food/restaurant business, as well as to employees of the School restaurants

  4. Budget • Total: 3 195 500SKR (Euro 319 550) • Co-financing : 162 700 Euro • out of which 90 700 Euro is part of unemployment benefit • Municipality of Umeå 15 000 Euro • School restaurant work 57 000 Euro

  5. Result with gender mainstreaming at School restaurants • Action plan for gender equality • Collaboration with gender experts • Gender equality file at every work place

  6. Improvement of qualifications for staff of School restaurants

  7. Improvement of qualifications • Gender theory • Gender equality politics • Women´s history • Gender stereotypes • Gender equality law • Techniques of power & empowerment • Workshop on media, images, internet • Town planning & gender issues

  8. Result • 163 employees all had four whole days of gender equality course • Total of: 652 days • Staff met over boundaries and worksplaces, got to know colleagues from other kitchen´s, ”mini” bench-marking at coffee-breaks, self-esteem through meeting and discussing the important questions, value added to organisation for future work on changes, new ideas etc.

  9. Training course for unemployed • 1 March - 8 September 2006 • Theoretical training, 16 weeks • Gender equality and common values, two weeks • Practice, 8 weeks

  10. Theory and practise

  11. The staff from the restaurants were teachers at the course • High competence • Knowledge of profession and trade were essential for the course

  12. Result from training for unemployed • 14 unemployed men (long-term unemployment) • 5 have long-term temporary job (3-24 months) • 5 have shorter temporary jobs • 1 has started training for chef • 3 not in the organisation

  13. Try new ways of organising work to decrease long-term sick-leave • Rotation of work • Exchange of experience

  14. Results • Rotation of work has started in several working areas between the restaurants and within the separate kitchens. More flexible solutions enabling full-time jobs and making the work more interesting, and also if the kitchens have to help each other due to staff illness or other cause. • Exchange of experience had started between two different areas. The staff changed place with each other for a few days – this was possible now that they knew more people after going to the course-days with people from the different kitchens.

  15. Other results • Conference for all staff and external guest. • Media reporting about the school restaurants • University interest in the project • Study visits, invitations to conferences etc

  16. Tony Westerlund and Lena Sundelin, Hagaskolan Photo: Per Landfors

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