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Germany: court ruling will make it easier to terminate older workers employment contracts
In early December 2022, Germany’s Federal Labour Court ruled that when assessing the social criteria for determining the order in which employment contract terminations are made, how close an...
12 January 2023
Great Britain: furious unions slam bill imposing minimum service levels during strike action
On 10 January 2023, the government began presenting its Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill to Parliament. The bill would impose minimum service levels during strikes in six public services...
12 January 2023
South Korea: parental leave extended from 12 to 18 months
On 28 December 2022, South Korea’s government announced several measures to respond to both issues of the falling birth rate and the ageing population. From among these is an extension of...
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11 January 2023
France: pension reform project to officially commence gradually raising the legal retirement age up to age 64 by 2030
On 10 January 2023, and following more than three difficult months of negotiations with the social partners, French PM E. Borne finally unveiled the main thrusts of the nation’s pension reform...
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11 January 2023
Portugal: higher compensation levels approved for collective dismissal and termination of employment contract
The parliamentary committee in charge of reviewing changes to the labour code as part of the reform project on income and competitiveness has approved an increase in compensation for collective...
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10 January 2023
United Kingdom: Santander lowers university grade requirement for graduate applicants
The UK business of Spanish banking giant Santander, which employs some 25,000 people in the country, has announced that it will no longer require applicants to its graduate scheme to have achieved...
9 January 2023
Portugal: four-day working week pilot project commences
A four-day working week trial programme has kicked off in Portugal. During the first six months of 2023, companies wishing to participate in the experimental pilot project will be subject to a...
9 January 2023
France: La Poste signs a new agreement on disability
La Poste, France's largest employer of people with disabilities, has signed a new agreement on the matter with six trade unions: CGT, CFDT, Sud-PTT, FO, CFE-CGC/CFTC and UNSA-Postes. The group...
6 January 2023
Germany: bill adopted to promote a more inclusive labour market
At the end of 2022, the German government adopted a bill that sets out to foster a more inclusive labour market. The objective is to bring more people with disabilities into the primary labour...
United States: pay transparency rules enter into force in Washington, California and Rhode Island
Employers in the US state of Washington with 15 employees or more must now detail salary ranges in all job postings, under a new law that took effect on 1 January 2023. Firms are also required to...
6 January 2023
Italy: Eni strengthens its employee welfare scheme
The ‘Noi’ (Us) protocol signed by the multinational oil group and the trade unions puts new initiatives in place linked to employee well-being and health, parenthood and purchasing power support...
5 January 2023
Great Britain: Atom Bank permanently adopts the shorter four-day working week
After more than a year of testing the four-day working week, UK online retail bank Atom Bank has decided to permanently implement the shorter working period. As a reminder, the group started...
5 January 2023
France: Derichebourg Multiservices wants to use its new CFA to boost recruitment
The French group’s subsidiary specialising in technical expertise is going to create a company CFA in June 2023 to boost its chances of reaching its target of 5,000 new hires per year. Several...
4 January 2023
Spain: special visa for digital nomads comes into force
New legislation aimed at fostering the ecosystem of emerging companies, known as the Start-up Law, came into force on 01 January 2023. The law seeks to establish a favourable regulatory framework...
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4 January 2023
Great Britain: independent builders group IGBM staff receive discounts on energy saving insulation materials
UK building materials retailer IBMG (Independent Builders Merchants Group) is offering a staff discount on its insulating and draught-proofing materials to help employees save money on their...
3 January 2023
EU: whistle-blower protection implemented in another four EU Member States
While EU Member States had until 17 December 2021 to transpose into national law EU Directive 2019/1937 on the protection of whistle-blowers, some have countries waited more than a year after the...
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3 January 2023
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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Italy: artificial Intelligence on the menu of Barilla’s new company agreement
Prior consultation with trade unions on innovations related to artificial intelligence, strengthened training, and progress on parenthood: these are the main new features of the agreement signed...
2 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026