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The fire that is ravaging the southwest corner of the Community of Madrid and has already burned more than 6,000 hectares remains active and uncontrolled this Saturday. The region’s emergency service has reported that “the fire is still active” and that its evolution “will be determined by the wind regime that occurs in the coming hours.” The firefighters have worked “intensely” throughout the night, taking advantage of three factors that, according to the Government delegate in Madrid, Francisco Martín, opened an “opportunity” to try to control the flames: low temperatures, less wind and increased humidity, which was very low throughout…

Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder was apparently supposed to be fired, but then the replacement dropped out. Former head of the Chancellery Altmaier sharply criticized the back and forth. Schnieder’s brother Gordon, Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, also reacted.

The forest fires that are ravaging Madrid and Castilla y León continue to burn uncontrollably. In Castilla y León there are nine active fires, with three towns with evacuation orders and two confined to Ávila. In total, more than 8,000 inhabitants evacuated and 5,000 confined. And in Madrid, the three assets, which have forced eight municipalities to be evacuated and three to be confined, have joined together this afternoon on a single front, which complicates the extinction efforts. There are already 50,000 evacuees or confined in the community. Between the two regions, there are 63,000 inhabitants affected and around 15,000…

The cat is not in the kitchen. Not behind the couch, not in the laundry basket. Not under the beds either. There is no trace of Mili for a while now. Mohamed Chara shouts her name, crawls on the ground and hisses, but the cat does not show herself. A message arrives on the phones with a high alert sound: “Due to the evolution of the fires in the Community of Madrid, to all the inhabitants of Chapinería, leave the municipality.” Mohamed Chara quickly fills Mili’s food and water dishes and leaves them by the door, for when he appears.…

The topic of pay transparency is of concern to HR professionals – even if the federal government has not yet presented a new pay transparency law (EntgTranspG) to implement the EU directive. The existing law already provides for rights to information and the media attention on the issue of equal pay is leading to questions from the workforce.But: When do employees have a right to information? What does such a claim entail – and how should HR react if the employee’s request is not justified? We present employment lawyers with fictitious, tricky scenarios that many HR departments have to deal…

The three fires that are developing in the Community of Madrid remain neither perimeter nor controlled despite the fact that the night work that the firefighters have been carrying out “has been effective”, as reported this Friday by the Emergency Service 112 Community of Madrid. In fact, they have explained that the weather conditions, mainly the wind, will complicate the extinction efforts throughout the day. The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, has tonight declared an emergency of national interest in the territory of the Community of Madrid and in the province of Ávila as a consequence of the evolution…

The global 10 percent tariffs have just expired – so Trump is stepping up: The US government wants additional tariffs on imports from around 60 countries. Washington cites inadequate measures against forced labor as a reason.

In a matter of a couple of hours, the Government of Spain has picked up the gauntlet thrown by Madrid. At around ten o’clock at night and in a decision with only one precedent, the Madrid president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has requested via tweet the declaration of the operational situation three of the Civil Protection Plan against forest fires in Madrid (Infoma), that is, that La Moncloa take control of the situation and assume command of the emergency given the impossibility of the region to deal with the extinction of the three fires that devastate the territory at the same…

The current debate – for example at Siemens – about the dismantling of hierarchies and titles shows that the real change is taking place in the corporate culture. Harald Smolak, Head of People Management at Atreus, explains why leadership, HR and change management are crucial – and what eight measures companies should take to successfully reduce hierarchies. Executive Summary Dismantling hierarchies: Why corporate culture determines success The challenge: The dismantling of hierarchies and titles not only changes organizational structures, but also has a deep impact on corporate culture. Without clear orientation, transparent decision-making processes and a new understanding of leadership,…

Summertime is vacation time. Some employees receive a bonus from their employer in addition to their actual salary for their time off. It is not uncommon for job advertisements to offer holiday or Christmas bonuses. If this bonus has been paid for years and the employer suddenly wants to suspend payment, disputes often arise. Employers can keep the door to special payments open through voluntary and revocable retention. A new ruling by the Federal Labor Court (BAG, ruling of February 21, 2024, file number 10 AZR 345/22) shows that these are not always watertight clauses. “The fact that an employer…