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Rome. The so-called Dignity Decree has been recently approved by the national Parliament and harbours no further surprises.
Berlin. Team spirit counts on the job. This is the result of the current "Blue-Collar-Compass", for which the market research company respondi surveyed more than 1,000 non-academic employees on behalf of mobileJob.com.
Munich. The shortage of suitably qualified employees has meant good business for providers of employer quality seals. Even hotel groups use quality seals quite liberally and without reflection, despite the questionable value of many such seals. The sector obviously loves the quick image. Experts, on the other hand, see only a PR machine in operation – often on both sides. Baerbel Schwertfeger collects comprehensive and thin-lipped explanations from Scandic, Lindner Hotels, AccorHotels and Motel One.
Rome. After five years of negotiations, Confesercenti has just reached an agreement with the major Italian trade unions Filcams-CGIL, Fisascat-CISL and UILTucs, in order to renew the National Collective Labour Contract for tourism. There is also a special agreement with Marriott.
Hamburg. The fear has a hold on Germany. And most notably: the fear of the world of work. This applies at least to large parts of the older generation that no longer feel up to the challenges of digitization. Young people, on the other hand, have completely different concerns: they are looking for meaningful tasks and want more voice. Generation Z is particularly demanding. A huge balancing act is demanded of personnel managers.
Wiesbaden. The lack of good employees is one of the biggest challenges of the hospitality industry. A survey among international hotel consultants reveals that the industry misses the opportunity to attract young people because it sticks to old fashioned methods. Payment still is a key factor, but there are also many other fields the hospitality industry could optimize.
Rome. The Council of Ministers has just approved a new law decree called “Decreto dignità”, aimed at reducing job insecurity. The new measure is intended to reform a few working measures, including provisions regarding compensations for illegitimate dismissals and fixed-term contracts.
Munich. In his new book, Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer analyses the effects on health of too much stress at work and explains why highly qualified employees often ruin their health through work. Sadly, the trend is moving in the same negative direction in Europe as in the United States. Increasing digitisation will increase economic uncertainty for managers as well as for employees – and so also their stress levels. This is all bad for health.
Vienna. In Austria, students and professors no longer understand each other: Whilst students are looking for courses of study with a focus on operations, their lecturers insist on fundamental research and controlling. Now, there’s a threat that tourism courses at classic universities manoeuvre themselves into a dead end.
Duesseldorf. What company suits me? Which has the best image? Where’s the work climate best? Today, it's questions like these that stand in the foreground when it comes to looking for a job – especially for Gen Y. Employers who make a good impression in these portals have better chances of receiving applications. An initial review of Hotelcareer after the first six months.
