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Emmanuel Macron was the first Western head of state to visit Syria – including a large business delegation. The head of the energy company TotalEnergies is already describing the ex-civil war country as a possible alternative to the Strait of Hormuz.
The contribution to long-term loyalty is even more relevant: an attractive company pension strengthens loyalty and underlines that the company assumes responsibility beyond active working life. The Dow Pension Plan is a nationwide, modular company pension system that combines various components. The total investment volume of the plan will significantly exceed the double-digit million range in 2026. The core components of the system include automatic participation with an opt-out option to ensure a high level of participation while maintaining freedom of choice. The contributions include a basic contribution financed by the employer and disproportionate matching contributions as soon as employees…
Resilience is considered a key competency in times of crisis – but is often misunderstood. Many managers rely on perseverance slogans instead of adaptability, thereby exacerbating the problems. Franz Herrlein, CEO of Alpine One, shows which leadership mistakes slow companies down and what constitutes real resilience. Executive Summary Resilience in a crisis: Why leadership mistakes slow companies down The challenge: In many companies, resilience is equated with perseverance. Leadership relies on toughness, cost pressure and appeals to resilience – with the result of exhaustion, declining motivation and growing inertia in the organization. The solution: Understand resilience as a multidimensional leadership…
At the Vox leadership, they make a positive assessment of this political course full of challenges in the form of regional electoral appointments and the recent thickening of their complex relations with Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s PP, but they observe with growing concern the future in the face of the general elections due to the current strategy of hardening in their popular speech. Sources from the ultra organization think that it is a mistake and understand that the PP should focus on seeking its voters for the center. In Vox they attribute the decline to the more intransigent positions of José…
The Firefighters faced this Tuesday for the second consecutive day, in the midst of a heat wave in Catalonia, a day with three new simultaneous fires, which have forced the residents of some towns to be confined and which are added to the one that was declared in Sentmenat (Barcelona). Dozens of crews are also working in Artesa de Segre (Lleida), in new fires such as the one in Torrefeta i Florejacs (Lleida) declared this Tuesday and in the Gavarres area of Girona. The Firefighters of the Generalitat have tonight considered controlled the fire that broke out last Friday in…
At the NATO summit, European governments want to appease Donald Trump. To this end, Germany is sending almost 125 billion euros to the alliance for the current year. However, five other countries achieve the agreed target.
BusRente BW is aimed particularly at commercial employees, including numerous bus drivers. The basis is a collective agreement concluded by the social partners, which provides for a security contribution in addition to contributions. “We were one of the first sectors with small and medium-sized companies in Germany to conclude a collective agreement on pure contribution commitments,” says Silke Geiger, Head of Human Resources and Tariffs at the WBO. The company pension plan model is mandatory for member companies; an opt-out for employees is not possible. The official start of BusRente BW was on January 1, 2026, although there is a…
1:30 p.m. In an unusual way, at least five members of the García Seguridad Integral Clearance company have broken into the space that Estefanía Rodríguez has rented for more than four years in the Castellar corralones, in the heart of Seville. Without giving them time to react, they immobilized the three young people who were making the food at that moment, throwing them to the ground and hitting them violently, according to their complaint. With the only one of them who, in a fit of panic, decided to shout “police”, they have been cruel by putting their foot on his…
Family Minister Karin Prien (CDU) is apparently planning a far-reaching reform of parental allowance. According to a media report by the magazine “Politico”, a bill from your ministry proposes to reduce the maximum benefit period from 14 to twelve months. The Federal Ministry for Education, Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ) confirmed to our editorial team that the magazine’s information was based on the draft bill, but that the draft is currently still being coordinated by departments. The aim is to create more incentives for “partnership sharing of parental leave”. A reform of parental allowance would also directly affect…
Even if the main operation of a company is abroad, a German location can be eligible for a works council. With its decision of May 13, 2026, the Federal Labor Court (BAG) specified the requirements for this and strengthened the co-determination rights of employees in internationally active companies. Lena Grebe, lawyer in the labor law department, and Benedict Hinz, research assistant in the labor law department, analyze the decision and its consequences for company practice. Executive Summary Works council at a foreign main company: BAG strengthens co-determination at German locations The challenge: Many internationally active companies control personnel decisions centrally…