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In Germany, payroll accounting is more complex than in almost any other country in the world. This is shown by the Global Payroll Complexity Index Report 2023. Of the 40 countries examined, Germany has the second most complex payroll system in the world. Only France performs worse. High susceptibility to errors The high level of complexity means that payroll managers are slowed down in their work: they lack resources for strategic HR tasks, they risk a negative employee experience for their employees or even conflicts with them. This is indicated by a survey by the HR software company Personio among…

Philipp Richter becomes Chief People Officer at Personio Personio has appointed Philipp Richter as Chief People Officer. Richter has been with the company for six years, initially as Chief of Staff for CEO Hanno Renner and as Managing Director of the Personio Foundation. In the meantime, he took over the CPO function on an interim basis. In his new role, he is responsible for the people teams and is expected to incorporate insights from internal HR transformation directly into the product offering for around 16,000 customers in Europe. “Few people know Personio’s business and culture as well as Philipp,” emphasizes…

The general director of the Civil Guard, Mercedes González, has denied being involved in the plot of the Leire case and has stated: “I have never, ever participated in any plot or conspiracy against the UCO; neither influenced by Leire Díez nor by any other person.” “I have not stopped or interfered in any investigation,” he stated. González is appearing in the Senate to give explanations about his relationship with the former socialist militant accused of plotting an alleged plot to boycott judicial cases that affect the PSOE and the Sánchez Government and that the National Court is investigating. After…

The Valencia Prosecutor’s Office requests 13 years in prison for the rapper known as ‘El Jincho’, as Eldiario.es has advanced and EL PAÍS has confirmed. The Fourth Section of the Provincial Court of Valencia will judge the artist this Thursday along with another singer, who is also allegedly involved in the sexual assault suffered by a young woman after a concert in 2023. Continue reading

Orders are falling away, technologies are changing processes and new skills are needed at short notice. Katrin Witte, Chairwoman of the IBB, shows how companies can respond to crisis situations with strategic reskilling – through quick skills analysis, targeted use of government funding and flexible learning formats. Executive Summary Strategic reskilling: developing skills under time pressure The challenge: Technological change, market shifts and economic uncertainty often change skills requirements faster than companies can react. Recruiting new skilled workers is time-consuming and costly, while downsizing puts valuable know-how at risk in the long term. The solution: Strategic reskilling enables the targeted…

German companies are currently cutting thousands of jobs. The reasons for this are varied, but the bottom line is that they all have one thing in common: If employers and employees make the decision to give up business areas, slim down processes or focus on the development of new products or services, downsizing may be unavoidable.(Directly to the severance pay calculator.)

On January 28, 1987, the first lines of the minute book of the Bellavista Women’s Cultural Association were written. The very neat handwriting that recorded the issues discussed was that of Áurea Chacón, secretary and promoter of the association. “Women did not have any kind of place to do what they wanted and then with the association everything changed. We had frenetic activity,” she says proudly, despite the fact that “many did not see it as essential for women to be interrelated.” They organized workshops on clothing, theater, photography or talks on sexual health. At its peak there were 2,000…

The former “Tagesspiegel” editor Stephan-Andreas Casdorff is also said to have had two guest comments generated by an AI. Two articles in the “Jüdische Allgemeine” are suspected, and the editor-in-chief has announced stricter rules.

The Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard has issued a new report which supports the alleged leadership role exercised by the former Secretary of Organization of the PSOE Santos Cerdán in the alleged plot dedicated to seeking information capable of torpedoing the causes that affect the formation and the Government. The agents highlight that he gave “instructions” to the personnel under his charge in the party to “authorize any trip” requested by Leire Díez and that he was the one who decided that the socialists would hire the legal services of Jacobo Teijelo (lawyer investigated in this case),…

In-house or outsourcing? Software or service? Control or relief? In payroll accounting, these contrasts are often still considered fundamental strategic decisions. But modern companies today need more flexibility than rigid either/or models can offer. In this webinar, Philipp Hoffmann and Mandy Hopfe from Paychex Europe show why traditional ways of thinking in payroll are increasingly reaching their limits – and how modern payroll platforms intelligently combine apparent opposites. Using practical examples and live demos, you will learn how companies can combine efficiency and resilience, maintain transparency and control despite outsourcing, or combine digital self-services with personal expert support. The focus…