What the means count

Spain is the country with a higher proportion of temporary employment, according to the ‘Report on the work in the world 2008 ′ prepared by the World Organization of the Work and that became public last week.

In 2006 almost 30 % of the Spanish personnel was employed at diet of temporary contracts, while in 1991 the storms proportion was not coming to 25 %.

Finished news | Spain is the country with a higher proportion of temporary employment, according to the OMT (elEconomista)

An effective communication on the part of the managers is always necessary, but it it is moreover in crisis times. Many employees are feeling in their own meats the suspense of where his company goes and even his personal economy. According to the experts of the counsel Watson Wyatt, this suspense can go so far as to reduce the productivity and provoke demoralization. That's why, the role of the managers is fundamental to neutralize this phenomenon. For this counsel, the managers must communicate from the leadership, practise the clarity, share the responsibility, coordinate the messages and always show before his labor his most human face. Según los expertos de la consultora Watson Wyatt, esta incertidumbre puede llegar a mermar la productividad y provocar desmoralización. Por eso, el papel de los directivos es fundamental para neutralizar este fenómeno. Para esta consultora, los directivos deben comunicar desde el liderazgo, practicar la claridad, compartir la responsabilidad, coordinar los mensajes y mostrar ante su mano de obra siempre su rostro más humano.

Finished article | The communication is essential to direct in times of crisis (managing Skills)

The personnel who take long sick leaves - even for common disorders like cooled - has more probabilities of dying before his healthy companions.

This is the "unexpected" conclusion of a study that, as affirm the investigators in the British Medical Magazine (BMJ), might help to detect individuals in risk of serious problems of health.

According to the authors, the long labor falls seem to be a good scoreboard of the people who will develop more serious long-term disorders.

The study was carried out by scientists of the University of London who analyzed the records of health of 6.500 employees of the government between 1985 and 1988.

Finished news | labor Absence = short life (BBC World)

Although few organizations have explained to his managers how to impregnate his workpeople of positive thoughts, many studies have already revealed that the “optimism in action” reverberates straight in a progress of the productivity and the commitment of the worker. This direction style always puts the emphasis on the positive aspects and the fortitude of the workpeople. Also, the optimistic managers center his management in creating the circumstances in which the personnel could prosper. An open communication and fluid interpersonal relations also characterize the optimistic manager. Asimismo, los directivos optimistas centran su gestión en crear las circunstancias en las que los empleados puedan prosperar. Una comunicación abierta y relaciones interpersonales fluidas también caracterizan al directivo optimista.

Finished article | An optimistic leadership improves the productivity (Managing Skills)

Today we have known the information of unemployment and affiliation of September and, as it could not perform another form, we have bad news again. In this occasion the monthly increase of the registered unemployment has risen up to 95.367 persons, 3,8 %. How do there are usually a September? In general there are months in which the unemployment grows: of the Septembers of last 30 years the unemployment only has gone down in 5 of them and the average increase has belonged to 30.000 unemployed men. ¿Cómo suelen ser los meses de septiembre? En general son meses en los que el paro crece: de los septiembres de los últimos 30 años el paro sólo ha bajado en 5 de ellos y el incremento promedio ha sido de 30.000 desempleados.

Although we cannot compare the increases in absolute terms, since the same is not a certain increase when the registered unemployment amounts to 2,6 millions or to 1 million persons, yes that we can compare in percentage terms. The increase of 3,8 % produced in September, 2008 is most raised from the year 1977, since in the September of the above mentioned year the unemployment grew 3,9 %, although the above mentioned increase only supposed 21.400 stopped ones.

Finished news | 95.367 more stopped ones in September (Economy Weblog)

The Twenty-seven will facilitate the foreigners entry qualified to compete with the United States, but the means will increase to fight the irregular ones.

The Ministers of Internal Affairs and of Immigration of the European Union they reached yesterday a global agreement on the politics of the Twenty-seven with regard to the immigration politics. On one hand, they agreed to facilitate the entry in the citizens' EU of other countries with a high professional qualification, the so called blue card. But, for other one, the ministers agreed to be more strict in the struggle against the clandestine immigration. Pero, por otra, los ministros pactaron ser más estrictos en la lucha contra la inmigración clandestina.

As for the entry in the EU of qualified foreigners, only there stayed in failure the date of the coming into effect of the blue card. In any case, it will not be before the summer 2011.

Finished news | Europe closes an agreement to do a politics of selective immigration (Expansion)

The Congress of the Deputies has showed his unanimous rejection to the enlargement of the working day up to 78 weekly hours that wants to be impelled from the EU reforming the European Board of arrangement of the time of work.

During the meeting of control of the Lower House, the affirmative vote of all the present parliamentarians, 330, allowed the Propositions to prosper not of law the opposite to this measurement that both the Socialistic Party and ERC-IU-ICV presented.

The Cabinet of the European Union (EU) approved last June a proposal to modify the Board of arrangement of the time of work, measurement that, nevertheless, was provided with the rejection of Spain, France, Italy, Greece and Cyprus.

Finished news | The Congress pushes back for unanimity to extend the working day up to 78 hours (ABC.es)