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United Kingdom: employers commit to improving health outcomes
The Confederation of British Industry, the UK business organisation, announced the creation of the CBI Health Council on 18 March. Made up of around 30 leaders from across industry and academia...
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25 March 2022
United States: Citigroup circumvents Texas’ new abortion law
Citigroup management has taken a public stand against a law passed in Texas that restricts women's rights to abortion, and now bans abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy. The fourth most...
Great Britain: government raises social security contribution threshold in a bid to boost incomes
On 23 March and at a time when the UK is facing record inflation and plummeting purchasing power, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak presented the government’s spring statement and...
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24 March 2022
Germany: a website launched to fight racism in the workplace
On 21 March, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Germany’s Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs together with the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) launched a...
Luxembourg: the government regulates telework
On 16 March, Luxembourg’s Chamber of Deputies voted in favour of a bill that regulates the implementation of telework in companies. Businesses employing more than 150 staff will need to...
23 March 2022
Ukraine: changes to labour regulations dismantle workers’ rights for the duration of martial law
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to imminently promulgate draft legislation that the country’s unicameral Rada parliament adopted on 15 March. Due to run initially until 25 April...
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22 March 2022
France: pressure mounting on French companies operating in Russia
While the French employers’ body Medef is encouraging French companies operating Russia to continue their business activities in the country, pointing in particular to their responsibilities as...
France: details on the use of short-time working for companies affected by the war in Ukraine
To go alongside the French government’s economic and social resilience plan, presented on 16 March, the labour ministry has published a series of questions and answers on short-time working...
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21 March 2022
Argentina: minimum wage to rise by 45%
The Argentine government last week announced a minimum wage increase of around 45%, following an agreement – the result of a unanimous vote – between the country’s ministry of...
21 March 2022
France: implementation of measures to maintain employment after a health-related work hiatus
Two decrees relating to the prevention of occupational marginalisation, dated 16 March 2022, have been published in the Official Journal and will come into force on 31 March 2022. These texts...
18 March 2022
Great Britain: diversity representation is improving in FTSE 100 company boards of directors
Unveiled on 16 March, the results of the latest Parker Review survey found that as of December 2021, 89 of the 100 companies in the FTSE 100 blue-chip stock market index had at least one person...
Germany: Covid-related restrictions on companies to be lifted from 20 March
On Friday 18 March, the Bundestag will vote on an amendment to the Infection Protection Act, which will formalise the rules for lifting many of the protective measures against Covid-19, planned...
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17 March 2022
United Kingdom: government signs international convention against violence and harassment at work
The UK government announced on 7 March that it has signed the International Labour Organization’s landmark Violence and Harassment Convention (n°190), which was unveiled by the United Nations...
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17 March 2022
Brazil: government sends pregnant women back to work
The working conditions for pregnant women have been overhauled by Law 14.311, which was passed by Brazil’s chamber of deputies in February before being validated by President Jair Bolsonaro...
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17 March 2022
Germany: Bosch creates freelancernetwork, a network to access and integrate independent IT developers
Faced with the enormous need for IT specialists stemming from the transition to digitalization, German multinational engineering and technology company Bosch has launched the freelancernetwork...
16 March 2022
France: 32 companies make 10 commitments to senior staff
In the offices of the Ministry of Economy and Finance building in Bercy, Paris and overseen by Olivia Grégoire, Secretary of State for the Social, Solidarity and Responsible Economy, on 10...
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16 March 2022
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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
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
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EU: list of new CSRD reporting standards finalised
On 4 December, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) presented the revised list of reporting indicators under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which...
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EU: co-legislators strike agreement on Omnibus Directive
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an agreement on the night of 8 December on the weakening of the directives on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD) and corporate...
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EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...
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Italy: three executives from luxury goods group Tod’s investigated over worker exploitation
Italian authorities are once again turning their attention to working conditions in the luxury goods supply chain. On 20 November, the Milan public prosecutor charged three senior executives of...
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28 November 2025
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Fashion brands accused of violating trade union freedoms in Asia
On 27 November, Amnesty International released a report denouncing widespread violations of trade union freedoms in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka by both governments and suppliers to...
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28 November 2025