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Too many companies see the company pension scheme only as an insurance product

The company pension scheme (bAV) is one of the most efficient instruments of modern compensation architecture. However, in practice it is still managed like an insurance product. But with the Second Company Pension Strengthening Act (BRSG II), which came into force in January, and the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which Germany must have enacted into national law by June 7th, companies should finally close the gap in their company pension offerings. There is still a common misconception that runs through German Comp & Ben practice: the bAV is managed as an insurance product, not as a compensation architecture. That sounds…

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Protection against dismissal for top earners: Is grandfathering about to end?

Will top earners still need protection against dismissal in the future? From the point of view of Christoph Abeln and André Kasten, the planned reform falls short. In their guest article, they analyze the labor law, constitutional and economic policy consequences for protection against dismissal for top earners and show why it is not the actual obstacle to investment. Executive Summary Protection against dismissal for top earners – reform with far-reaching consequences The challenge: The federal government is planning to fundamentally change protection against dismissal for top earners. In the future, it should be possible to terminate the employment relationship…

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Latest news on the Los Gallardos forest fire (Almería), live | This Monday, Sánchez visits the areas affected by the Los Gallardos fire

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, visits this Monday the areas affected by the Los Gallardos fire, in Almería, which has been stabilized after burning 7,000 hectares. The death toll from the fire has risen to 13, following the death last night of one of the injured who had been admitted to hospital with serious injuries, as reported on Sunday by the Andalusian Government. On the ground, the tracking device made up of a hundred troops has ended the searches without having found any more victims.Continue reading

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With the stabilization of the Los Gallardos fire (Almería), on the third day of fighting the fire, the time came to undertake the great hunt in search of any trace of life or death. The balance of 13 dead (late this Sunday afternoon the Junta has reported the death of one of the people admitted with serious injuries to the Torrecárdenas hospital in Almería, a 93-year-old woman who had previous pathologies), seven injured (three very serious), 10 official reports of disappearance and 23 people not located, after the passage of voracious flames that devoured 7,000 hectares at a speed greater…

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A young bather dies after drowning in the Madrid San Juan reservoir

A 28-year-old bather drowned this Sunday morning while bathing with some friends in the San Juan reservoir, in the southwest of the Community of Madrid. The emergency number 112 switchboard received the first call at 08:54 and soon the rescuers located the body about three meters deep in an area near the shore. Summa 112 sent the psychologist on duty to attend to the young people who were next to the bather, a group that had been there since early in the morning, as Javier Chivite, spokesperson for Emergencies112 Community of Madrid, described to the media.Continue reading

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Latest news on the Los Gallardos forest fire (Almería), live | The Junta de Andalucía announces that the fire has been stabilized with 7,000 hectares burned

The president of the Regional Government of Andalusia, Juanma Moreno, has announced that the INFOCA Plan (Emergency Plan for Forest Fires of Andalusia) “considers the fire in Los Gallardos stabilized” after 7,000 hectares have burned. The good weather conditions that continued overnight, with high levels of humidity, have allowed the fire that broke out in the Almería municipality of Los Gallardos last Thursday to be stabilized and which has become the worst in the history of Andalusia with 12 deaths. The troops of both the Infoca plan of the Junta de Andalucía and the UME have continued working throughout the…

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A year after the beatings of Domingo and Ismael, the wounds are still open in Torre Pacheco

The patrons of the La Campana bar commented before the game of dominoes that it had been a year since what happened to Domingo. Domingo Tomás was the involuntary protagonist of events for which his town, Torre Pacheco, made national news and the front pages of the foreign press. The reason is that he was beaten by three men of North African origin on the outskirts of the municipality when he went out on his morning walk on July 9, 2025. His bloody face became the flag of the extreme right to promote a hunt against the migrant. Although the…

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