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Practice Forum Total Rewards 2026: the most important theses for Comp & Ben

The GEA Group has abolished individual bonuses and only provides incentives via a purely KPI-controlled bonus plan. Vodafone abolished personal goals three years ago, but now the company is reintroducing them. Ikea has aligned its bonus program with collective goals. Representatives of these three companies discussed how performance can be rewarded at the Total Rewards practical forum in the FAZ Tower. Their approaches are quite different: Through the KPI-controlled bonus plan, we created clarity and set clear expectations. Niko Lymberopoulos, Vice President Rewards & Performance Solutions bei der GEA Group Performance is very important to us, and performance is a criterion that should be reflected…

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First trial against Ábalos, Koldo and Aldama for the mask plot, live | Koldo’s defense criticizes the agreement “without evidence” between Aldama and the Prosecutor’s Office to reduce the penalty request

Koldo García’s defense has criticized during its final report the agreement between Víctor de Aldama and the Prosecutor’s Office to reduce his request for a sentence. “The non-agreement makes me very happy. We have not been offered this non-agreement, because if they offer us ‘say something without evidence’, we are going to tell lies,” said lawyer Leticia de la Hoz, adding that if the former advisor had been made that proposal “he would have collaborated as well.” The lawyer has also questioned the UCO reports and their conclusions on the payments of 10,000 euros: “The UCO has constructed the story…

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Hands-on professionals: What attracts and retains them?

A good salary is a strong factor in attracting and retaining blue, gray and pink collar workers. But other benefits are also important, as a recent survey shows. The job exchange Hokify (proper spelling hokify) calls it “do-it jobs”: jobs where you have to get hands-on, which include activities of daily life and where employees at the same time experience a strong identification with the work, people who work in blue, grey, pink and basic white collar jobs. Info If Blue-Collar-Jobs refers primarily to professions in production, industry and crafts. The name comes from the classic blue work overalls in…

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Val3ncia will open for the first time five municipal libraries 24 hours a day during exam season

The city of Valencia will open municipal libraries 24 hours a day for the first time, coinciding with the exam period in educational centers, as reported by the city council of the Valencian capital in a statement. The council has highlighted that 1,200 officials have volunteered to provide this service and thus guarantee the use of the study spaces. Continue reading

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Mentor programs: What HR needs to think about

The further development of employees is becoming increasingly important. One lever for this is internal mentoring. But not everyone is suitable for it. HR experts explain what’s important. There is often more knowledge in organizations than employers and individual employees are aware of. How do you as a human resources department ensure that this knowledge becomes visible and is used for the personal development of employees and the organization itself? A budget-friendly solution is mentoring. Employees pass on their knowledge to each other – whether professional or informal. But simply connecting two people with each other does not necessarily bring…

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Half a thousand researchers demand that Marlaska have full access to the Franco regime archives

The Ministry of the Interior preserves the archives of the former Ministry of the Interior, with powers in prison administration, police, surveillance of dissidents… and therefore, very valuable information for historians who are dedicated to investigating Franco’s repression, as well as for the relatives of those who were retaliated against. In theory and according to the current regulations, the documents of the General Archive of the Ministry of the Interior, “except for exceptions approved by the qualifying commission”, cannot exceed 30 years old because from that moment on they must be kept in a specialized archive (historical or intermediate), but…

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The leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, charged this Tuesday against the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, accusing him of being “the Abascal is convinced that Sánchez will alter the electoral roll and “steal” the 2027 elections. “We have to be alert,” he has claimed to his followers. The ultra leader has gone to the city near the Andalusian capital to support his candidate for the Junta, Manuel Gavira, for whom he has asked for the vote, although he has dedicated the majority of his speech to attacking the PSOE, “the blue socialists (the PP)” and corruption, focusing on the…

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