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For the first time since Apollo 17, the US space agency NASA is launching a lunar mission. Three astronauts and one female astronaut set off on a ten-day flight in the “Orion” spacecraft. All developments in the live blog and in the live stream.
In the past few weeks there have been some position changes in the HR consulting scene and in personnel services – an overview of the most important ones. HCM-Softwareanbieter Perbility: Sophie Genty becomes CEO Perbility has appointed Sophie Genty as Chief Executive Officer, effective March 1, 2026. Genty succeeds company founder Andreas Meck, who is retiring from operational business after more than 15 years and will in future serve as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Perbility was founded in 2009. The new CEO has more than 15 years of experience in building digital product organizations. Most recently, she was CEO…
This is the third death due to a work accident so far this week in CataloniaConstruction workers in a town in Valencia. MONICA TORRESMonica TorresA worker has been killed in a work accident that occurred this Wednesday on the N-260a highway, in the municipality of Ripoll (Girona), after falling into a dirt hopper. As reported by the Mossos d’Esquadra, the accident occurred shortly after four-thirty in the afternoon when a 61-year-old worker fell into a dirt hopper for reasons that are being investigated and was left unconscious. The medical services deployed to the scene have been unable to do anything…
Zoom in to see prices in each county Note: Data is of 3 a.m. Eastern time and is the average price of regular unleaded gasoline. Source: AAA. The cost of fuel in the United States is on the rise, with the price of gasoline steadily ticking up since the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran began in February. As oil supplies remain disrupted in the Middle East, Americans have seen gas stations across the country change their signs every day for more than a month.But the price increases have not been spread evenly. In California, where drivers typically pay the most for…
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Judge Juan Carlos Peinado has followed his custom and has dedicated another Wednesday of Holy Week to listening to the defenses and accusations of the Begoña Gómez case. The procedure was not new either. A mere formality to inform them that, if it goes to trial, it will be before a popular jury. The parts have not gone off script either. Those investigated – the wife of the President of the Government, his advisor Cristina Álvarez and the businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés – have not attended in person, leaving their defense in the hands of their lawyers, who have demanded…
The US President accuses the NATO states of holding back in the Iran war. Now the tone is getting harsher: Trump is threatening to withdraw the United States from the defense alliance. He referred to these as “paper tigers”.
“The company pension scheme is a mandatory part of an appreciative benefits strategy.” Helge Kniepen, Head of HR Competence & Payroll at Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli and speaker at the Total Rewards practice forum, is convinced of this. A company pension scheme (bAV) should not be missing from a good benefits strategy. This component of the benefit portfolio is also very important to the chocolate factories Lindt & Sprüngli. The company also ensures that young talents also have their retirement planning in mind. Helge Kniepen will reveal how this works at the Total Rewards practice forum on May 5th in…
Shared Service Centers (SSC) have been considered the standard model for increasing efficiency in HR organizations for years. The underlying logic is simple: transactional tasks are bundled, standardized and relocated to lower-cost regions. Typical business cases calculate savings of 20 to 40 percent. In practice, however, a much more differentiated picture emerges – especially when hidden costs and structural effects are taken into account. Cost assumptions often fall short
The Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Elma Saiz, defended this Wednesday the extraordinary regularization of immigrants promoted by the Government. In an interview with RNE, Saiz regretted that the Popular Party now criticizes the measure despite the fact that in the past it supported similar initiatives, even from La Moncloa, and has disfigured the proposal supported by Vox and PP that links immigration with terrorism. According to the Government spokesperson, the party led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo is “subject” to agreements made by the extreme right.During the defense of the presentation promoted by the PP, debated at noon…