When you start your own company, they say you have to work hard to get higher on Google.
So we did, and I guess it worked: December 12th, Pemota Consultancy went straight to the top at Google … with a bit of help from the stairs. š
We finished a great day, training the newly established Google European Works Council, at the Google European HQ (in wonderfully Christmassy Dublin. š š š š®šŖ)
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In addition to the newly agreed 15% Trump tariffs and the growing uncertainty surrounding global supply chains, there is another development that will undoubtedly impact employees: Artificial Intelligence (AI). And just like with the Trump Tariffs, it is certain that AI will have a significant effect, but it’s far from clear where how and when…
During a training this week, I asked a simple question: āWho should be informed first ā the EWC or the local council/union?ā The answers were all over the place. Different laws, different timelines, different realities. And hereās what I see in practice: Local bodies oftenĀ donātĀ receive the full picture early enough. Not because theyāre not important,…
The value (and joy) of a verified reviewThese days there is a lot of discussion about the value of online reviews.A good review is a wonderful thing. Both for the companies that receive such a review as well as for the prospective customers that are looking for a reliable partner. Logically it follows that a…
I know: summer is upon us, and in most European countries itās already too hot to think about anything other than the holidays. But before we go, thereās one more thing Iād like you to think about before you (and I) shut down the computer. Itās about one of the most important aspects of working…
(Spoiler alert: not quite.) I guess itās that time of the year again: The revised European Works Council Directive (EU) 2025/2450 has been published in the EU Official Journal, on 11 December 2025. Nearly a year after the European Parliament voted to improve the EWC Directive ā¦ After years of debate, this is the text Member States will…
