“Record Number of New Hires in Care and Welfare in 2022 Despite Ongoing Staff Shortages”

“Record Number of New Hires in Care and Welfare in 2022 Despite Ongoing Staff Shortages”

175,000 people started a job in care and welfare in 2022. That is the largest number since the end of 2010. Nevertheless, the sector is still struggling with enormous staff shortages. The influx of new employees in care and welfare has been increasing for the sixth year in a row. This is mainly because many … Read more

“Future of Jobs: Automation of Tasks Fails to Increase Despite Labor Market Tightness, New Report Finds”

“Future of Jobs: Automation of Tasks Fails to Increase Despite Labor Market Tightness, New Report Finds”

ANPA self-checkout NOS News•today, 00:17 The automation of employee tasks has hardly increased in recent years, despite the tightness on the labor market. That’s the conclusion of it Future of Jobs-report from the World Economic Forum (WEF). It is the fourth edition of the international survey, in which hundreds of companies worldwide are asked about … Read more

French company Clayens NP acquires US competitor Parkway Products in major expansion move

French company Clayens NP acquires US competitor Parkway Products in major expansion move

Clean room production at the Plastibell subsidiary in Izernore, France. Clayens had acquired the company from faltering packaging maker PSB Industries in 2021 (Photo: Clayens NP) For an undisclosed price, the French injection molding and composites company Clayens NP (Genas / France) is acquiring its US competitor Parkway Products (Greenville, South Carolina / USA) with … Read more

IG Bau Calls for Better Health Insurance for Seasonal Workers in the Lake District

IG Bau Calls for Better Health Insurance for Seasonal Workers in the Lake District

Lake District: IG Bau wants better insurance for seasonal workers 14. April 2023 The industrial union Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt (IG BAU) calls for better health insurance protection for foreign seasonal workers in the Mecklenburg Lake District. “Harvest workers who are only employed on local farms for a short time must be fully insured in the event of … Read more

Resistance Against Compulsory Occupational Disability Insurance for Self-Employed Persons

Resistance Against Compulsory Occupational Disability Insurance for Self-Employed Persons

07 apr 2023 om 05:07 The compulsory occupational disability insurance (aov) that the cabinet wants to introduce for self-employed persons is meeting with a lot of resistance. The number of self-employed people in our country continues to grow, but most of them cannot afford insurance at the moment. “There is little enthusiasm for this scheme. … Read more

The auto insurance companies that acquired the highest number of customers

The auto insurance companies that acquired the highest number of customers

3/27/2023 – Over three dozen of the 50 largest providers in motor insurance expanded their portfolios between 2016 and 2021. Huk-Coburg-Allgemeine grew the strongest in absolute terms. Measured in percentage terms – due to the merger – the provincial was ahead by a nose, as the “Industry Monitor 2016-2021: Motor Insurance” from VERS Leipzig shows. … Read more

KIT’s new high-performance computer now in use for IT&Production purposes.

KIT’s new high-performance computer now in use for IT&Production purposes.

A new supercomputer is designed to support researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in developing new materials more quickly, for example for medical or energy research. (Bild: Amadeus Bramsiepe, KIT) A high-performance computer for materials research was put into operation at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT): With the €1.2 million computer, researchers can … Read more

Former Generali board member joins Provincial’s team of recruits

Former Generali board member joins Provincial’s team of recruits

20.3.2023 dr Rainer Sommer (50) will become a member of the board of directors on June 1st Provincial Holding AG as well as the subsidiaries Provincial Insurance Ltd, Provincial North Brandkasse AG, Provincial Northwest Life Insurance AG and provincial Rhineland Life Insurance Ltd. The company announced this on Friday evening. Technological further development at the … Read more

Röbel’s most famous tree now even better known » We are MüritzerWe are Müritzer

Röbel’s most famous tree now even better known » We are MüritzerWe are Müritzer

Röbel’s most famous tree is now even better known February 24, 2023 Robel now has a celebrity. It is neither a personality of the city nor an animal contemporary. No, it’s the crown oak in Glienholz that’s making a big impression now. Although the tree has long been one of the sights of the region, … Read more

Number of flex workers with the prospect of permanent employment has risen sharply | Economy

Number of flex workers with the prospect of permanent employment has risen sharply |  Economy

Door onze economieredactie 14 feb 2023 om 00:09 The number of flex workers increased by 64,000 to 2.7 million in the fourth quarter of last year. These were mainly flex workers with a relatively high degree of security in their contracts. This gives them a good chance of a permanent appointment. In addition, 103,000 people … Read more