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France: Amazon France Logistique grants 22 days of leave to employees providing care and four additional weeks of paternity leave
At the end of September, 95% of the employees of Amazon France Logistique, a warehousing subsidiary of the e-commerce giant, approved a broad agreement covering both quality of life at work and...
26 November 2021
Germany: incoming coalition government plans minimum wage hike and seeks gender pay equality
Two months on from the federal elections and five weeks after commencing negotiations, conducted in the utmost secrecy, Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and the liberal Free...
26 November 2021
Great Britain: finnCap allows employees unlimited holidays so as to avoid burnout
Following in the footsteps of American tech companies such as Netflix, the London-based financial group finnCap announced on 18 November that it intended changing its holiday policy so that in...
25 November 2021
Germany: details of company obligations linked to the introduction of the 3G rule|Covid health pass at work
As of 24 November, employees in companies must be Covid vaccinated (Geimpft), recovered from Covid (Genesen) or negative tested for Covid (Getestet). Known as the ‘3G rule’ in Germany, it is the...
25 November 2021
Saint-Gobain: a group HR policy driving an ambitious recruitment campaign
In view of the growing market for sustainable construction, the French multinational construction materials group is targeting annual growth of between 3% and 5% over the period 2021-2025. To...
23 November 2021
EU: Danish Parliament rejects EU minimum wage directive
While MEPs are due to vote this week on a resolution that requires the EU Member States to promote social dialogue between employers and employees when collective wage agreements cover fewer than...
23 November 2021
Italy: energy group Eni extends remote working option as part of effort to foster parenthood
At the end of October, Italian oil and gas group Eni signed an agreement on so-called smart working. Set to enter into force at the end of the state of health emergency, currently set for 31...
22 November 2021
Ireland: bill published to introduce sick leave paid by employers
In line with plans announced last year, the Irish government has published a bill to introduce statutory sick pay from 2022. The sick pay scheme is to be phased in over a four-year period;...
22 November 2021
Germany: Covid health pass and other measures introduced for workplaces
Amid the ongoing transition of power in Germany, following the federal election in September, the country is facing an unprecedented number of Covid-19 cases, driven by a particularly infectious...
19 November 2021
Colombia: first employers’ union in the country established
On 2 November the Colombian ministry of labour gave approval to the Sindicato de Empresarios por Colombia (Siempre Colombia) as a union organisation for employers, making it the first of its kind...
Germany: Volkswagen allows up to four days of teleworking per week
The German car manufacturer has signed a new agreement with its central works council framing the implementation of remote working arrangements. Entitled ‘Remote work – Restart’, it updates and...
18 November 2021
Great Britain: Marks & Spencer offering employees individual pronoun badges
Employees at the UK supermarket chain, Marks & Spencer (M&S), can choose to wear a badge specifying the personal pronouns with which they wish to be identified. M&S that recently...
18 November 2021
Austria: substantial salary increase in the metal industry
On 10 November, after 18 meetings and a number of warning strikes, collective bargaining in the Austrian metal industry resulted in a +3.55% salary agreement over one year. The same rate also...
Hybrid work: contours of work organisation patterns post the Covid-19 pandemic are starting to take shape
Between 2 and 5 days of teleworking per week. While the health crisis has spurred the implementation of telework and led to new work organisation agreements being signed in 2021, and particularly...
17 November 2021
Germany: 3 days of telework per week and €1,000 allowance at Deutsche Bank
After much procrastination, Deutsche Bank and its central works council (Gesamtbetriebsrat) have together reached an agreement for implementing hybrid working. This framework agreement allows...
16 November 2021
EU: MEPs support EU minimum wage directive with strong emphasis on collective bargaining
On 11 November, MEPs on the Employment and Social Affairs Committee voted in favour of a draft directive for ‘fair minimum wages’. While the Member States were unable to reach an...
16 November 2021
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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...
5 December 2025
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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...
9 December 2025
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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...
16 December 2025
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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...
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...
28 November 2025