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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…
Stephan-Andreas Casdorff: “Jüdische Allgemeine” removes two comments from former “Tagesspiegel” editor-in-chief due to AI suspicion
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 UCO supports Cerdán’s leadership and reveals that he ordered payments from the PSOE to the plot
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),…
No more either/or in payroll – how modern software and flexible services combine opposites
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…
June is Pride Month: a month to raise awareness of the rights and discrimination of queer people. Numerous companies use these four weeks to raise a rainbow flag in front of their company headquarters and/or to raise awareness of prejudice, discrimination against queer employees and human rights with campaigns. This year, too, the actions are faced with a still-present diversity backlash in the USA, right-wing radical movements in Germany and the economic crisis. These developments influence the extent to which companies support the rights of queer people. This is currently happening in an ambivalent way. “On the one hand, we…
Flames rise between the historic towers, smoke rises: the main church of the historic cave monastery was hit in the heavy Russian attack on Kyiv. Pictures show the extent of the destruction.
11 Dominican Don’t Play convicted in the first trial of youth gangs in the National Court
The National Court has convicted 11 members of the youth gang Dominican Don’t Play (DDP) for their membership in the criminal organization and two of them, in addition, for the crime of currency counterfeiting. All of them belong to the group that the gang had in Seseña (Toledo) and that had been involved in numerous violent episodes in Madrid. Among them, a homicide in February 2022 of which the accused gang member has been acquitted, because the court has not considered the identification of a witness sufficient. It was the first time that a youth band has been tried in…
At least 13 people died last weekend from drowning in Spain. Ten of them have died on different beaches on the Iberian Peninsula – while the other three deaths have occurred in a river, in a pool and in a swamp, respectively – and at least six were over 70 years old. This is the balance of three especially tragic days at the start of the summer season and in a year that until this Monday totaled 124 drowned people, according to data from the Royal Spanish Rescue and First Aid Federation, which prepares the National Drowning Report each year.Continue…
US President Donald Trump is annoyed by the allegedly poor treatment of American companies in Europe, especially in France. He now wants to counter the digital tax with a 100 percent tariff on wine and champagne.










