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When digitalization, including social media and AI, didn’t cause anyone to lose sleep, personnel search demonstrated a creative mastery that today leaves many recruiters in awe. When Thomas Perlitz remembers what was possible under his leadership as head of human resources at Ingram Micro, Henkel or Gerresheimer, it just pours out of him: On public transport, “which brought shift workers from other companies to the factory and home,” recruiters gave fiery speeches with the aim of convincing the hard workers to change. And to get young people interested in training, Perlitz bought an entire cinema screening – “including popcorn for…
Mr. Enrique Fink takes the keys to the British cemetery in Valencia from his pocket. He wants to show one of the tombs in the compound. The unique necropolis, property of the British Royal Crown, houses the remains of his ancestor Henry Fink, murdered in 1868. Henry’s descendant has narrated that crime in a novel: The death of English (No Man’s Land, in Spanish; Reclam, in Valencian). But Fink is interested in another grave: that of the Bacharach family. The weather has worn away the stone with the identity of those buried: Karl, born in 1885; Franzisca (1891); and the…
With an article about an alleged escort of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, US Energy Secretary Wright briefly caused a reduction in the price of oil. A little later the tweet disappears. Now the White House is also speaking out.
The Government strongly disagrees with the disruptive vision of the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who thinks that the multilateral order based on rules is part of the past while the crisis unleashed by the war in Iran does not subside despite the fact that Donald Trump has declared it “practically over.” “The dilemma is not an old order versus A new order is an international order versus the international disorder, which led us to two world wars. The world is changing, but the values and principles of the European Union should not change,” the President…
August 2026: This date will be a test for many companies. Then the central obligations of the EU AI Act should apply to so-called high-risk systems – and numerous AI applications that are used in human resources departments today fall precisely into this category. Recruiting algorithms, performance analyses, talent scoring: What has long been commonplace internally will be regulated from this deadline. Violations can result in fines of up to 15 million euros. However, it is currently unclear whether the regulations will actually take effect from August. If the so-called digital omnibus package is approved by the EU member states…
The operation launched this Monday in Mallorca by the General Information Commissariat (CGI) of the National Police for the alleged fraudulent sale of five real estate properties of businessman Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kolesov, an oligarch of the Russian arms industry close to President Vladimir Putin, has resulted a day later in three arrests, as confirmed by EL PAÍS police sources. Two of those arrested are expected to be brought to justice, they add. The detainees are a lawyer with dual Russian and Spanish nationality who acted as a translator and attorney for a law firm in that country, and two employees…
While crude oil and gas became cheaper again following statements by US President Donald Trump about a supposedly quick end to the Gulf War, prices at the pump continue to climb. Oil companies are defending themselves against allegations of rip-offs.
When we talk about promoting diversity in companies, the terms Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI for short) are used as a guide. In countries like the USA, another aspect is emphasized: Belonging. In some places, promoting diversity is called DEIB. Belonging means belonging in German and describes the state when people are not only actually part of the workforce, but also feel that way. Employees should feel that they are genuinely welcomed, accepted and valued. In Germany, Belonging – at least as a term – has rarely found its way into companies. However, it is taken into account, even if…
He Mercury casethe judicial investigation into urban corruption and influence peddling in the Sabadell City Council during the mandate of former socialist baron Manel Bustos, has resurfaced this Tuesday in the Barcelona Court for just 1,816 euros. It is the money that the BMW Sitjas Motor dealership in the town saved irregularly in taxes after hiding from the municipal Treasury the expansion of the facilities to reduce the Economic Activities Tax (IAE) bill, in a case that attempts to elucidate possible crimes of document falsification, influence peddling and prevarication. On the first day of the trial, which will last throughout…
2025 has been dubbed by many as the year of the DEI backlash. To what extent have right-wing populism, Trump’s executive orders and the economic crisis affected DEI management? To the outside world, companies like SAP, Roche, UBS and Novartis once appeared to be pioneers in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). That changed in the spring of 2025. US President Donald Trump demanded in several executive orders that all companies – especially those that work with the US government – stop their DEI activities because they were “outrageous and discriminatory.” The companies in question, whose market is large in…