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Kicking football with colleagues: When is company sports covered by accident insurance?

Maccabi Marketing had just equalized with a free kick to make it 2-2 against Vorwärts Vertriebs when Vanessa Schubert got stuck in the grass at the company soccer tournament and twisted her knee. Not only was it painful, it was a tear in the anterior cruciate ligament. Unfortunately, scenes like this don’t happen all that often at company sporting events. The question then arises: Was the mishap an accident at work? Does statutory accident insurance have to step in? And what would HR have to do in such a case? The answer is often initially unsatisfactory, because the well-known legal…

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Latest political news, live | Feijóo, to the partners of the Executive: “We should throw out this Government with a motion of censure. For me, today”

The head of the opposition, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, addressed the members of the Executive this Wednesday during his speech in Congress and said: “We should throw out this Government with a motion of censure. For me, today.” At the moment it does not have enough support to move it forward. He has also addressed the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and accused him of being “the corrupting political nexus” of the cases that surround the PSOE. The PP leader has insisted on calling for elections: “Dissolve the courts and let’s go vote.” For his part, Sánchez spoke out during…

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Sánchez will go on the attack with the idea that he cleans and Feijóo does not

Almost a year ago, Pedro Sánchez was experiencing his lowest moment. Its political survival was for the first time in real risk after the blow of the Cerdán case, which left him completely naked. It was the president who decided to appoint and defend his Secretary of Organization until the end, even when there were already many suspicions about him. And the fall was very hard. His partners even threatened to take him down if there was any trace of illegal financing. He admitted that he thought about resigning in the face of the disaster not only of appointing but…

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HR career: How do I find the next career opportunity in the company?

Question: How can I take the next career step if internal development opportunities are lost due to virtual work? HR professionals know this situation: daily work works well, goals are achieved and collaboration is largely digital. Nevertheless, at some point you start to feel like you’re stalling professionally. While conversations in the hallway, spontaneous encounters or lunches together often provided important information about new opportunities, these informal development paths have become significantly rarer in everyday virtual work life. The result: You work successfully in your own area of ​​responsibility, but increasingly lose track of what internal development opportunities still exist.…

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Political day of June 23, 2026 | Felipe González urges Zapatero to “return as soon as possible” the jewels valued at 1.3 million that were given to him

Felipe González considers that the ruling of the Supreme Court of the case masks “it is well made” and it is “correct” and “very measured.” The former president of the Government highlighted this Tuesday that the second criminal chamber of the court has unanimously taken it and considers that a “distorted vision” cannot be had because Víctor de Aldama is going to be released. González has also urged former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero to “return as soon as possible” the jewels valued at 1.3 million euros, the origin of which he has not yet explained to judge José Luis…

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Pension reform is coming: more burdens for companies? – Human resources management

“We cannot allow ourselves to remove or reject individual measures,This is what Friedrich Merz said today after handing over the Pension Commission’s report. This includes 33 suggestions for stabilizing pensions in Germany. The role model is Sweden. The law sets a 16 percent income pension for employees there. To do this, 2.5 percent of your pensionable income is paid into a fund. You can choose this yourself, otherwise the standard is the AP7 Såfa fund, managed by the Swedish state. Another pillar of the pension system is the company pension scheme (bAV). This is offered by most Swedish employers as…

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One of the four towers in Madrid, that of the Moeve company, formerly Cepsa, was evacuated this afternoon due to an explosion inside that caused a large column of smoke. Several fire crews have moved to the scene to attend to the incident which, according to initial information, has not caused any injuries. The Government delegation in Madrid reports that there are three people who are confined in security areas on different floors of the building. “There have never been missing workers. There were three workers confined in different plants, out of danger, with whom there was communication,” a Madrid…

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Incentives versus benefits: a recent reassessment

In practice, the meaning of the words incentives and benefits is often used vaguely. However, if you want to discuss compensation strategically, you need clear terms. Any lack of clarity makes subsequent impact analyzes more difficult. So let’s start with a distinction. Incentives we refer to them as performance-related bonuses or material rewards that are granted after achieving a clearly defined goal. They are selective and conditional. Typical examples are commissions, bonus payments, trips or other non-cash prizes. The decisive factor is the vehicle: a periodically expected target bonus activates different mechanisms than a selective special promotion such as a…

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