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The challenge of work-life balance: impact and challenges for companies
Royal Decree-Law 5/2023 of June 28 has introduced significant changes in the area of labor leave, expanding the rights of reconciliation and ensuring equality of treatment and opportunities between men and women at work. These updates have been the necessary response to the European Directive 2019/1158, which aims to balance the family and professional life of parents and caregivers.
Debt Recovery
Carrying out proper debt collection management is essential for all businesses. This is more evident in exceptional circumstances like the present, where cash flow is the focus of any company and managers and owners realize its importance for business survival. Often, this task becomes laborious for many of them, who have to deal with clients who fail to meet their payment commitments, leading to financial problems for their business. This can affect their growth, as sometimes they must resort to alternative financing sources to continue existing and, in the worst case, can be dragged to closure due to lack of liquidity. For this reason, it is very important that every company has a debt collection policy, implementing methodologies that allow it to be more effective and, consequently, avoid the serious problems that delinquency entails.
Sustainability as a lever for economic development
Neologism refers to a newly incorporated word in a language, used to designate a new object or concept that previously did not exist. Some of these words are circumstantial, while others signify shifts in the social, cultural, and economic paradigms of the world around us. Recalling history, words linked to concepts such as suffrage or capitalism have represented new ways of organizing human activity around society.
Is equality in the company a reality yet?
Our society is increasingly aware of issues related to equality. As a result, both the administration and workers are demanding more procedures and mechanisms from organizations to guarantee equal treatment and opportunities, and non-discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
Cooperative Societies. Cooperativism is the most significant and traditional social economy formula in Catalunya.
When initiating an economic activity, one of the aspects to consider is the most appropriate legal form for the activity we intend to carry out. If ours is a shared project, and we want the people involved to be able to vote and decide on the decisions taken, based on the principle of one person, one vote, then the most fitting formula is likely to be a cooperative. Cooperativism is the social economy formula with the most weight and tradition in Catalunya. As of December 2021, there were a total of 4,521 cooperatives in Catalunya, employing 45,417 people, with a combined turnover of 4.5 million euros.
Sustainable trends as business opportunities
On September 25, 2015, the United Nations General Assembly approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with objectives including eradicating poverty, fighting inequality and injustice, and halting climate change, among others. This agenda will guide global development action until 2030 and lays out a roadmap for achieving a common goal: worldwide sustainable development.
Grup Carles collaborates in the creation of one of the most important hydrogen and photovoltaic laboratories in Catalonia
It is a commission from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia to study how to improve the generation of renewable energies
Selection by values
The COVID pandemic has accelerated many of the changes that were occurring in the labor market. Consumers increasingly demand companies that are more committed to the environment, to the welfare of their workers, to promoting a balance between personal and professional life, and to social causes. It has been socially responsible companies with a clear purpose that have truly emerged strengthened from this situation.
Legislative news
Approved the development of Mecanisme RED for businesses
The Royal Decree 608/2023, of July 11th, will enable companies to request measures for reducing working hours and suspending employment contracts. It also introduces significant changes in the regulations for collective dismissals.