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The spokesman for Junts in the City Council of Cambrils (Tarragona), Enric Daza, will be the mayor of Aliança Catalana in this municipality in the local elections of 2027. As sources from Sílvia Orriols’ party have explained to EFE, Aliança has also signed the other two councilors of Junts in Cambrils, so that the entire municipal group will be integrated into the formation from this mandate. Continue reading
A technical malfunction is causing massive restrictions in Berlin courts. Employees were sent home. Judges warn: In the worst case, suspected criminals would have to be released from custody.
Anyone who applies and wants to know what the salary is for an advertised position will usually not find out directly in the respective job advertisement. However, that is apparently changing: in the first half of 2026, 24.1 percent of all advertised positions contained salary information, the first noticeable increase in years. In 2024 and 2025 the proportion remained constant at 22.6 percent. This is shown by an evaluation by the market research company Index. The figures are available exclusively to human resources. The increase is particularly notable because the job market is shrinking at the same time. The number…
Summer time is travel time. For many employees with company cars, this means long stretches on European motorways, unknown speed limits and mobile speed cameras around the next bend. Whether on the way to visit a customer in Milan, to the trade fair in Amsterdam or simply on vacation in Austria – fleet departments often receive the hearing forms for the owner weeks later. But what follows from this in terms of labor law? Who pays? And what happens when violations accumulate? Practice shows that many companies do not have clear regulations. This poses risks on both sides. This article…
The president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, announced this Monday that the Government has already prepared the draft law that will speed up the construction of housing or projects linked to the industry. The Government has released to public information the text of what will be the law to simplify urban and environmental procedures, to reduce the processing of planning or the procedures for granting construction licenses to up to one month. During an event at the headquarters of the Ebro factory in Barcelona to present the text, he defended an urban “change of mentality” based on the trust and…
He probably had Botox injections and studied English: The New York Times has published new details about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s collaboration with the Mossad. It’s also about a mysterious climate conference.
“Absolutely” and “of course.” These two expressions are the ones that the senior officials of the PP of Madrid have used to reiterate their support for the mayor of Móstoles, the popular Manuel Bautista, after this Monday his accusation for an alleged crime of sexual and workplace harassment of a former councilor of that party in the town was revealed. The general secretary of the PP of Madrid, Alfonso Serrano, has left the information meeting organized by Nueva Economía Fórum at the Four Seasons hotel, repeating a resounding “of course” up to five times when asked if he maintained his…
The company pension scheme (bAV) is one of the most efficient instruments of modern compensation architecture. However, in practice it is still managed like an insurance product. But with the Second Company Pension Strengthening Act (BRSG II), which came into force in January, and the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which Germany must have enacted into national law by June 7th, companies should finally close the gap in their company pension offerings. There is still a common misconception that runs through German Comp & Ben practice: the bAV is managed as an insurance product, not as a compensation architecture. That sounds…
Will top earners still need protection against dismissal in the future? From the point of view of Christoph Abeln and André Kasten, the planned reform falls short. In their guest article, they analyze the labor law, constitutional and economic policy consequences for protection against dismissal for top earners and show why it is not the actual obstacle to investment. Executive Summary Protection against dismissal for top earners – reform with far-reaching consequences The challenge: The federal government is planning to fundamentally change protection against dismissal for top earners. In the future, it should be possible to terminate the employment relationship…
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, visits this Monday the areas affected by the Los Gallardos fire, in Almería, which has been stabilized after burning 7,000 hectares. The death toll from the fire has risen to 13, following the death last night of one of the injured who had been admitted to hospital with serious injuries, as reported on Sunday by the Andalusian Government. On the ground, the tracking device made up of a hundred troops has ended the searches without having found any more victims.Continue reading