Answering emails during your ‘Feierabend’? According to a European Court of Justice ruling on Tuesday, this time should be recorded and paid. Employers in the EU will be obliged to systematically record the daily working hours of their employees, the European Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday. That …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.de/20190515/german-employees-working-hours

Spanish banking giant Santander wants to slash around 3,700 jobs in Spain, or about 10 percent of its workforce in the country, a union representative said on Tuesday. The eurozone’s largest bank by market value, which employs around 32,000 people in Spain, also wants to close 1,150 branches, about one in …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.es/20190515/santander-wants-to-slash-3700-jobs-in-spain

MY SWEDISH CAREER: Humour is famously subjective. One person’s ‘hot comedy’ might leave someone else cold. And never is that more apparent than when you’re performing comedy shows across languages and cultures. But for British/Kiwi comedian Al Pitcher, that’s exactly where he’s carved his career; making jokes to Swedes about …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.se/20190514/ive-built-a-career-around-making-jokes-to-swedes-about-themselves

Sweden’s Karolinska University Hospital warned on Tuesday it may have to let 550 of its staff go. The layoffs come after the hospital reported a 620 million kronor ($65 million) deficit in April. Hospital officials said on Tuesday they need to save more than a billion kronor in 2019, despite a funding …read more Source:: […]

Spain has introduced measures forcing companies to record the working hours of employees, but what’s it all about and who does it affect? Here’s what you need to know. Earlier this year Spain’s Socialist government brought in a new law that requires employers to keep proper track of working hours, effectively …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.es/20190514/explained-what-you-need-to-know-about-spains-new-clocking-on-laws

What are the positives and negatives of working in Switzerland and what should foreigners really concentrate on when it comes to finding that elusive job? Here, our readers explain. We asked our readers to tell us what they love about working in Switzerland, what they find difficult and what their advice …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.ch/20190513/reader-voices-whats-it-really-like-working-in-switzerland

The number of British companies in Germany is rising due to Brexit, a new report states. Meanwhile, the southern state of Bavaria is planning to open an office in London in a bid to strengthen links. In 2018 more foreign companies than ever before opened up businesses in the Bundesrepublik, according …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.de/20190513/brexit-drives-british-firms-to-germany-report

For foreigners, job seeking in Switzerland can seem overwhelming – but according to experts the best place to start is with a positive mindset and a hunger for local knowledge. With Swiss companies advertising seven percent more jobs in the first quarter of 2019 than in the same period last …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.ch/20190510/five-insider-tips-for-job-seekers-in-switzerland-employment

The Swedish krona keeps falling and is now at its worst levels against the dollar since 2002. The krona came in at 10.79 against the euro and 9.65 against the US dollar in Thursday trading. Since the turn of the year the Swedish currency has dropped six percent against the euro, which …read more Source:: […]

Similar to the Green Card in the US, professionals from non-EU countries are able to work in Germany with the so-called Blue Card. Just what is a Blue Card? The idea for the Blue Card originally sprung from the Brussels think-tank Bruegel, and was written into EU law in August 2012. …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.de/20190502/explained-how-to-get-a-blue-card-to-live-and-work-in-germany