3.2 million employed people looking for new job 27. April 2007 by Thomas Jannot Many Germans seem to be dissatisfied with their jobs. According to the Federal Statistical Office, in March 2007 3.23 million employees were actively looking for a new or additional place of work which is approximately one person in twelve. Thus, the number of employees looking for work has grown by 360.000 since March 2005.
Preparation period for the storing of internet data too short 27. April 2007 by Thomas Jannot A new draft on e-surveillance presented by the German government plans the obligatory storage of citizens´s internet traffic and email data as soon as from January 1st 2008. Originally the government had planned to introduce this storage gradually in the several lines of business. For the internet economy this introduction should only have taken place …
E-Tools reduce production costs by up to 35 percent 26. April 2007 by Thomas Jannot The use of hardware and software in e-procurement reduces production costs by 10 to 35 percent on average and by 5 to 10 percent with regard to acquisition prices. This was revealed by a study on electronic procurement in 2007 which was organized by the Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik (BME) in co-operation with the …
Draft to fight product piracy 26. April 2007 by Thomas Jannot The German government has presented a new bill which is to strengthen the position of rights owners in the fight against product piracy. Among other things the bill contains a procedure regulating dissuasions after copyright infringements. Furthermore the German copyright laws, confiscation procedures and other regulations are to be adapted to EU legislation.
Upper house of German parliament wants concrete rules on smooking rooms 25. April 2007 by Thomas Jannot The upper house of German parliament is dissatisfied with a formulation in a draft by the German government according to which rooms for smokers may be set up, „if a sufficient number of rooms are available«. The upper house of German parliament demands a stipulation according to which such rooms must not pose any dangers …
Danger of being reprimanded by the EU over internet gambling 25. April 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM) Germany risks infringement procedures on the part of the EU, if the federal states stick to their planned ban on internet gambling. In contrast to the governments of the German Länder the EU Commission is against the discrimination of electronic media.
Number of jobless woman engineers decreasing 24. April 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to the Association of German Engineers (VDI) the number of jobless woman engineers has almost halved over the past three years. While the unemployment rate of woman engineers was 21.5% in 2003, it amounted to just 12% in the year 2006 and in some fields such as electrical engineering even only 7%. In the …
Big success in the fight against forgers 24. April 2007 by Thomas Jannot A big success was celebrated by the European Anti-Fraud Office in the course of the so-called »Operation Diabolo«: besides 135 million counterfeit brand name cigarettes it was also possible to confiscate 557.000 other counterfeits such as clothes, footwear, toys, furniture, suitcases and wristwatches. The operation was a cross-border action carried out by customs authorities from …
4 billion of turnover in retail trade of books 20. April 2007 by Thomas Jannot According to the Federal Statistical Office the turnover generated in the German retail trade in 2005 with regard to books and professional journals amounted to more than 4 billion Euros (without VAT).
Managers get to know the Russian Market and economy 20. April 2007 by Thomas Jannot For several years the Federal Ministry for economic affairs and technology has provided further education to Russian executives in Germany. Last year this educational programme was extended by another one aimed at giving training to young German executives from small and medium-sized entities in companies in Russia.