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United States: UAW to represent workers at General Motors battery plant
Representatives of the United Auto Workers, the automotive sector trade union, have just won their first victory in the sector of electric vehicle batteries. Employees of Ultium, a Ohio-based...
12 December 2022
Slovakia: retirement age cap of 64 to be scrapped next year
Slovakia’s statutory retirement age, which in the year 2022 stands at 62 years and eight months, and rises by two months each year, was set to be capped at 64. However, in light of the...
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12 December 2022
Mexico: minimum wage to rise by 20% in 2023
On 1 January 2023, the minimum wage in Mexico is to rise from 260.34 pesos per day to 312.41 pesos (approximately €15) in the so-called Free Zone in the north of the country, while in the...
9 December 2022
Switzerland: paid adoption leave to be introduced in 2023
From 1 January 2023, employees in Switzerland will be entitled to two weeks of paid leave when they adopt a child under the age of four. The two weeks of leave represent an overall allowance for...
9 December 2022
Fanny Barbier (Orpea HR head): “we are launching a three-year refoundation process”
In November 2022, Orpea presented a three-year restructuring plan, as the French private services provider (elderly, nursing, psychiatric, and ongoing health treatment), struggles to deal with the...
9 December 2022
Great Britain: PwC to save energy by closing offices over the end-of-year holidays
For the first time ever, UK headquartered consulting and audit giant PwC is set to close its buildings across the UK between 23 December and 03 January. A small number of its locations will remain...
8 December 2022
Great Britain: towards a right to flexible working from the moment of hire
On 05 December 2022, the UK government confirmed its commitment to the right to flexible working from day one of an employment contract. While the date on which this change will come into force...
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7 December 2022
Spain: government seeks to mitigate the impact of industrial restructuring plans
Spanish Industry Minister Reyes Maroto has presented draft legislation designed to mitigate the impact of industry restructuring and job cuts. The text, which must now be negotiated with the...
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7 December 2022
Great Britain: exclusivity clauses in low-paying employment contracts rendered unenforceable
As of 05 December 2022, employment contracts for UK workers earning less than the lower weekly earnings limit (maximum of £123 pounds (€142.60) can no longer apply an exclusivity...
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7 December 2022
France: PwC raising employee awareness of the potential of emerging technologies
Thanks to the PwC Tech Lab, staff at the UK headquartered international consulting and auditing services firm can now try out the latest tech trends and their applications in order to understand...
6 December 2022
Great Britain: the government is funding thousands of training courses in the green sector
On 01 December the UK executive announced it was providing £9.2 million (€10.69 million) in new funding for almost 9,000 green energy related training courses at accredited centres. The...
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6 December 2022
Ford rolls out “job sharing” application in Europe
Automobile giant Ford is offering its European employees the opportunity to find someone to share their job with – either internally or externally – by using a web-based matchmaking tool. The...
5 December 2022
Mexico: major purge of illegal collective agreements
Trade unions in Mexico have until 1 May 2023 to validate the 500,000 or so collective agreements signed before the 2019 labour reform. Otherwise, these so-called "employer protection" agreements...
5 December 2022
EU: Council adopts position on due diligence directive, reducing its scope
On 1 December, the Council of the European Union adopted its position on the corporate sustainability due diligence directive, presented in February by the European Commission. The text, which...
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2 December 2022
ZF Friedrichshafen provides training on electric mobility to thousands of employees with E-Cademy project
Amid a radical transformation process accompanying the shift from combustion engine cars to electric vehicles, German car parts manufacturer ZF Friedrichshafen launched the "largest internal...
2 December 2022
United Kingdom: over 100 companies spontaneously adopt four-day week
4 Day Week, a not-for-profit organisation campaigning nationwide in the UK for a four-day working week, has announced that – beyond a pilot programme it has launched, ongoing at 70 UK...
2 December 2022
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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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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Italy: Crédit Agricole introduces a handbook on managerial behaviour
The document adopted in mid-July by Crédit Agricole Italia and the main banking trade unions goes beyond the proper use of meetings and emails. This six-point handbook aims to foster constructive...
3 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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Slovakia: 6% increase in the minimum wage from 1 January 2027
The news. As Slovakia’s social partners failed to reach an agreement during tripartite negotiations, Labour Minister Erik Tomas has decided to increase the minimum wage by 6% from 1 January...
1 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026