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No pay on the first day of illness: government discusses waiting day

Update from April 13, 2026: According to a report in the Bild newspaper, citing coalition circles, the maternity leave day was once again an issue during reform talks between the government parties last weekend. To reduce sickness absence, drastic measures are necessary for employees. This includes the six-week continued payment of wages. The current time frame in which the employer continues to pay the wages of a sick employee could be shortened. There are also discussions about employers only having to pay continued wages once a year. If illness were to occur again, the health insurance company would then have…

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Trial against Ábalos, Koldo and Aldama, live | An Ineco worker, about Jésica Rodríguez: “We had no indication that she was not working” | Spain

The interrogation focuses on a businessman’s email about a “house for the minister”The interrogation focuses on an email sent by businessman Manuel Salles in January 2022 in which it was said: “Villafuel is not going to be a (hydrocarbon) operator no matter how much it sponsors Zamora, takes shares in the tower restaurants or maintains the rent on a house for the former Minister of Development.”The popular accusations led by the PP have asked businessman Israel Pilar Ortiz about this message, who has stated that Salles told her that he had sent an email with “inflammatory” content. “We laughed and…

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A student who reported a sexual assault by another classmate has not gone to class for two months: “They offer us to change classrooms or leave” | News from Catalonia

A student raises his hand in an institute. Boston Globe (Boston Globe via Getty Images)Pedro (not his real name) distributes leaflets after school. It is 5:00 p.m. last Tuesday, departure time. As they leave the premises, the students’ parents take the paper and look surprised when they read it. “Justice”. The text talks about Pedro’s brother, a sixth grade student, who has been home for more than 60 days without going to school. Two months ago, he assured that in 2024 he had suffered a sexual assault by another classmate in the dormitories and the family is demanding solutions to…

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Two men die after a paraglider falls in Guadalajara | Spain

Two men have lost their lives in Alarilla (144 inhabitants, Guadalajara) after suffering a fall this Sunday while paragliding. According to 112 of Castilla-La Mancha, the event occurred at 5:40 p.m. in the area of ​​La Muela, an area very frequented on weekends by paragliding instructors and fans due to its conditions for practicing this aerial sport.According to municipal sources, the deceased would be a 61-year-old paragliding instructor, belonging to one of the training schools that come to La Muela, and a 22-year-old student. Both died when the paraglider in which they were flying fell to the ground, without the…

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The discontent over Andalusian healthcare takes to the streets en masse in the first warning to Moreno: “I hope this is a reality check at the polls” | Andalusia Elections

Thousands of Andalusians have once again taken to the streets of the eight capitals of the community this Sunday in protest against the deterioration of public health, under autonomous jurisdiction. It is the ninth time since, in November 2022, months after the historic absolute majority of the popular Juan Manuel Moreno, Marea Blanca will call on citizens to make visible their discomfort over the collapse of primary care and the privatization of the health system. Four years later, the state of public health services has not improved – as evidenced by the Andalusian CIS, where health has become the first…

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The councilors of Barcelona together will ask to collect allowances from the Provincial Council and the AMB to transfer them to the party | News from Catalonia

The nine councilors of Barcelona En Comú in the Barcelona City Council will begin to process the collection of per diems for attendance at plenary sessions and commissions of the Provincial Council and the Metropolitan Area (AMB) to transfer them to the party. Until now, the councilors of the commons had waived collecting these allowances, which amount to up to 973 euros each monthly plenary session of the Provincial Council and 368 for the metropolitan ones. The decision seeks to “strengthen” the organization with more resources in view of the municipal elections, explain party sources, and in no case does…

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