EU wants to punish the employment of illegal immigrants more severely 21. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot The EU Commission is determined to take stronger action against the employment of illegal immigrants in future. A draft proposal includes the possibilty of punishing companies employing illegal immigrants. According to the Commission, fellow members should not forget that the prospect of finding work is one of the facts attracting illegal immigrants.
Taxes in Europe database online 18. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot Companies which have to be informed about the tax systems of other EU member states are invited to use a brand new information tool called »Taxes in Europe« made available by the European Commission which went online a few days ago. The database contains information on about 500 different types of taxes, on topics such …
German executive officers receive record salaries 18. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot Executive officers in German companies with up to 100 employees earn 274.000 Euros per year and thus receive the highest salaries in Europe. For comparison: In the UK CEOs in this category earn up to 202.000 Euros, in Sweden 153.000 Euros, 145.000 in Italy and just 131.000 Euros in Ireland where this group of executives …
Lack of engineers costs 3.5 billion Euros 17. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot A survey by the Institute for the German Economy in Cologne (IW) showed that one in six companies employing engineers had problems in staffing vacant jobs for engineers in the year 2006. In total there was 48.000 such vacancies which could not be staffed. The damage to the German economy caused by this situation is …
New contest to promote internet use 15. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Technology today launched a contest called »Wege ins Netz«. This context is to award exemplary actions and initiatives aimed at increasing the internet use among the general public. In addition, a special prize called »Migration« is to honour projects and initiatives addressing themselves to younger or elderly people …
Mobile phone and internet telephony on the increase, fixed line network business stagnating 15. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to the Federal Net Agency in 2006 people in Germany talked almost 7% longer on the phone than in 2005 which corresponds to about 60 hours on a per capita basis. 23% of this time, however, was not talked on the traditional fixed line network where the amount of phoned time has virtually not …
Progressive people use biodiesel 14. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to a survey by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Qualitätsmanagement Biodiesel (AGQM) the carrying business was the most important customer of the German biodiesel economy consuming 1.25 mio tons of this environment-friendly fuel. Experts believe that the tax-privileged price of biodiesel helped to prevent Germans from refuelling abroad.
One third of German companies use e-government 14. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to the Federal Statistical Office one in three German companies use the internet in order to communicate with public authorities. Taking into account solely those companies with access to the internet this percentage of companies making use of e-government rises to 41%. Small enterprises and the retail sector, however, are still quite reluctant to …
EU and USA leave key interest rates unchanged 11. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot Both the European Central Bank (ECB) and the US Federal Reserve (Fed) left key interest rates unchanged. In Dublin the ECB council yesterday decided to leave the key interest rate at 3.75%. On Wednesday the Fed had announced that it would not change its key interest rate which currently stands at 5.25%. Both decisions had …
Big salaries for sales representatives 11. May 2007 by Thomas Jannot The sales department is very important for the success of any company. This fact is also reflected by salaries paid to sales representatives. A young employee in the sales department on average earns 48.000 Euros a year and the head of the sales force 131.000 Euros. Compared to the past year salaries in the field …