Guide for SMEs on open source software 19. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot One reason, among others, for which open source software is an interesting thing is its reduced cost. Many open source programmes are even available for free. If such programmes are meant for commercial use, it is advisable to rely on high quality products which are mostly not free of charge. Otherwise downtimes may quickly turn …
Lawyer shows the way to valuable information on the website of Federal Labour Office 19. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot Sometimes it is the inconspicuous news which is of special interest – in particular if provided by insiders. Mr. Henning Wüst, lawyer and specialist in labour law, on his “Arbeitsrechtblog” website has published a guide on how to use in-house instructions published on internal webpages of the German Federal Labour Office. Given that this advice …
Companies fear serious consequences of new EU equal treatment law 19. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot The personnel departments of German companies and administrative bodies are still not well prepared for the entry into force of the general equal treatment law (AGG), the former anti-discrimination law, which took effect on August 18th. This is the finding of a joint survey by LexisNexis Germany and the “World Of Staff” personnel consulting agency …
EU Commission´s equal treatment law in effect 19. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot The general equal treatment law (AGG) was put into force on Friday. “By introducing this law Germany meets its obligation of translating four EU directives on the protection from discrimination into national policy”, says Dr. Gerhard Sabathil, the EU Commission’s chief representative in Germany, who welcomes the entry into force of the new law…
Sales department of high importance for success on the market 17. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot Turnover is generated solely by the sales department! Despite its importance, however, the sales department quite often scrapes a very modest existence within companies. Nevertheless an optimal market absorption is only possible if adequate distribution channels are used. “Benefiting from an optimized sales process and motivated employees using all possible distribution channels any company will …
Economic outlook for Germany not that promising after all? 16. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot The Plansecur financial consulting company has come up with a markedly less optimistic assessment of the prospects of the German economy as compared with those given by other German economic institutes which base their evaluation on the development of the GDP (see our entry from Monday). According to Plansecur the growth reflected by recent GDP …
Slight economic growth in Europe 14. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot As compared with the respective quarter of the previous year the gross domestic product (GDP) has grown by 2.4 percent in the Eurozone and by 2.6 percent in the Europe of the 25 in the second quarter of 2006. Thus, compared with the first quarter in 2006 the GDP has increased by 0.9 percent in …
Attention: dubious ad emails going round 14. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot The Federal Office for Security in Information Technology (BSI) today issued a warning against undesired emails currently going round with the sender being “Germany Online Consult” or “Consult-Online-AG”. The purpose of these emails is the spying out of account details and signatures in order to obtain illegal debit entries.
MVNOs fight for market share in the US 14. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot Whereas in Europe the market for Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) is currently being extended by operators providing premium services tailored to special target groups, there is – according to a recent study by the Strategy Analytics market research institute – a first consolidation already taking place on the US market. MVNOs such as Helio …
EU-wide mergers facilitated 13. August 2006 by Thomas Jannot On the 9th of August the German government has passed the draft of a second law on the modification of the Transformation Act. In future it will be easier for German public limited companies to merge with companies from other countries in the EU. But also in the opposite direction mergers by foreign companies with …