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There will be fewer chief titles at Siemens in the future. Insiders from corporate circles reported this to the Handelsblatt and the Süddeutsche Zeitung. The change is to be made as part of the streamlining of the company structure, the “One Tech Company program”. In total, hundreds of positions are set to lose their chief designation. Siemens itself did not want to comment on this when we asked, so it is unclear why the company is planning this step. Axa Switzerland and DWS: Different experiences with title abolition In the past, there have been other companies that have tried to…
With Directive (EU) 2023/970, the European legislator has transferred the principle of “equal pay for equal work or work of equal value” from a textbook sentence into an operational compliance framework. For professionals who have been working with compensation and grading systems for years, this is significant news in two ways: What many experts have long considered methodologically correct is now an obligation across the Union. Many existing assessment systems will not meet the new requirements in this form: the toolbox published in March by the European Institute for Gender Equality further solidifies this view. This results in two central…
The Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, has urged the PP to respect the separation of powers, the presumption of innocence and the Judiciary because, as he said, they already “had the sentence handed down” after the indictment of former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero or the judicial developments of the Leire case that affect the PSOE. The Executive has surveyed its partners, knows well the political situation of all of them and is convinced that there is practically no possibility of the victory of the motion of censure that Alberto Núñez Feijóo is trying to…
Artificially generated music is flooding streaming platforms, mostly unnoticed by users. Market leader Spotify is driving development forward. The musician Johanna Summer and her label want to do something to counter the takeover of power.
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A-Star Tuitions, co-founded by Debashis and Arunima Saha, is moving into a new chapter of its development with the announcement of an online learning platform and a new parent-facing progress tracking system, due to launch at the beginning of the 2026-27 academic year. Established in 2018 to address the increasing need for high-quality STEM tuition, the company has grown steadily and its latest expansion reflects both that trajectory and its commitment to improving the experience for students and families alike. The announcement arrives as A-Star Tuitions enjoys a run of industry recognition, having been shortlisted in the Best Home…
Drawing on more than two decades of experience working with young people, a former teacher has established a new coaching practice focused on helping children strengthen confidence, resilience and emotional wellbeing. Rose Dray has launched Grow Minds Coaching after completing her certification as a children’s confidence and mindset coach. The new venture reflects her belief that many children need more individualised emotional support than schools can currently provide alone. Ahead of the upcoming academic year, Dray intends to deliver coaching within schools, through home visits and via one-to-one sessions designed to encourage personal growth and self-confidence. Her decision to pursue…
Alison Bell never expected a simple movement one morning would bring her corporate career to an abrupt halt. Yet the injury that left her unable to work ultimately became the turning point that led her to a profession she finds far more meaningful. Alison had long admired the work of Louise Hay before circumstances forced her to reassess her future. “I had been in corporate for the best part of 20 years,” she said. “I was in IT security, IT sales, I had a European role, I was flying all around the world – and then I had to leave…
The orchestra director Cristina de Frutos attended the Provincial Court of Badajoz this Tuesday with the label of being a key witness of the accusations in the case in which David Sánchez, brother of the President of the Government, is in the dock; to the former leader of the Extremaduran PSOE Miguel Ángel Gallardo and nine other people. And the defenses, especially that of Pedro Sánchez’s relative, have dedicated themselves thoroughly to dismantling her testimony, which already during the investigation of the case pointed to alleged irregularities in the awarding, in 2017, of the senior management position of the Badajoz…
Exclusively for subscribers: Growing pension systems become a liability risk under the EU Pay Transparency Directive. The Freshfields experts Dr. Thomas Granetzny and Leander Rathmann explain which assessment methods are gaining ground – and why you need to act now. Since its adoption in June 2023, the EU Pay Transparency Directive (2023/970) has employed HR managers and legal advisors alike. Among other things, the directive obliges employers to provide applicants with information about their starting salary before they are hired, to provide existing employees with information about their own remuneration and the remuneration of comparable colleagues upon request and -…