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Ikea Retail (Ingka Group) to pay out €110 million in Covid bonuses to its employees
In view of their ‘exceptional adaptability and entrepreneurial spirit’ shown since the beginning of the pandemic, the furniture and home furnishing retailer will pay staff a total of...
3 November 2021
Italy: draft 2022 budget sees a reordering of its social policies
The draft 2022 budget, adopted on 28 October by Italy’s Council of Ministers and now under discussion in its Parliament, is closely aligned with the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP)...
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2 November 2021
Netherlands: Ikea introduces paid leave for transgender employees undergoing a gender transition program
Ikea has reached a one-year ‘inclusive’ collective bargaining agreement with the FNV trade union (01 October 2021 – 31 August 2022), which is designed to reduce differences...
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2 November 2021
Great Britain: more than half of HR professionals trained during the pandemic (survey report)
According to the annual People Profession 2021 survey report, conducted by the professional body for HR and people development, the CIPD, 50% of UK HR professionals have upskilled in the last 12...
2 November 2021
France: parliament votes to ratify the ILO convention on violence and harassment at work
Following the Senate’s assent, the French Parliament has definitively adopted the bill to ratify ILO Convention No.190 (Violence and Harassment Convention). Tabled in the spring by the...
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29 October 2021
Great Britain: the government to invest funds in a “skills revolution”
The budget presented on 27 October by UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak, plans to boost training by injecting billions of pounds into the skills fund. The executive's objective is to support economic...
29 October 2021
Great Britain: retail sector calls for a law to prevent all forms of abuse in subcontracting activities
Tesco supermarkets, John Lewis and Primark stores, online retailer Asos, insurance company Aviva, food multinational Mondelez (owns Cadbury), Mars, Twinings, Unilever, and Microsoft are among the...
Great Britain: minimum salary rises 6.6%
From April 2022, the National Living Wage, the UK’s minimum hourly wage, paid to employees aged 23 and over will be increased to £9.50 (€11.26), compared to £8.91...
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28 October 2021
Italy: Atlantia offers extra leave to employees who engage in voluntary work
Atlantia employees who engage in voluntary activities will be able to benefit from 10 additional days of paid leave per year. The landmark ‘Cittadinanza Attiva’ (Active Citizenship) agreement is...
28 October 2021
The four-day working week is gaining ground
Between 2015 and 2019, Iceland, a pioneer in this field, experimented with a reduced work week on a large scale. Over the four-year period and conducted by both the city of Reykjavik and the...
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27 October 2021
Mexico: a bill to regulate digital platform-based work
The bill, presented by a senator of the current ruling majority party, intends to recognize ‘digital worker’ status for platform-based vehicle for hire drivers and delivery drivers, and to...
27 October 2021
Leaders of 26 major companies commit to eliminating gender inequality by 2030
On 18 October at the opening of the Women’s Forum 2021 in Milan and ahead of the 30-31 October G20 summit to be held in Rome, 26 leaders of major corporations signed a ‘zero gap’...
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27 October 2021
Germany: the road transport sector calls for national mobilization in order to combat the truck driver shortage
With Germany facing a growing shortage of truck drivers, the main transport employers' association (Bundesverband Güterkraftverkehr Logistik und Versorgung - BGV) has warned that in two or three...
26 October 2021
Portugal: 5 days paid leave to be allocated to employees who are also caregivers
Employees who are also caregivers will now benefit from 5 days of paid leave provided by the State, the right to telework, as well as guarantees against dismissal, inequality or discrimination...
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26 October 2021
Portugal: government adopts ‘dignified work’ agenda
Portugal’s Council of Ministers, the government’s executive body, has adopted a package of labour market supervision measures. Adopted on 21 October 2021, the “dignified work agenda” had been...
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25 October 2021
France: National Assembly unanimously approves extension of caregiver leave
The criteria for entitlement to caregiver leave and compensation are to be broadened, following amendments to the French Social Security Financing Bill (PLFSS), which were unanimously adopted by...
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25 October 2021
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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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Netherlands: new government seeks to “control” social costs
In his government policy statement to Parliament on 25 February, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten announced several measures designed to "control" social costs. Notably, he proposed raising the...
5 March 2026
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Spain: a bill to regulate internships
On 3 March, the Council of Ministers approved the bill on the “Status for persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies”. The text limits the number of interns a company can...
13 March 2026
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EU: co-legislators aim to pivot European Globalisation Adjustment Fund towards restructuring anticipation
On 25 February, the Council of the EU and the Parliament reached an agreement on the Commission’s proposed regulation to expand the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). Under the...
2 March 2026
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Block to slash workforce by nearly half
The news. In his latest shareholder letter, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payment service provider Block (formerly Square), announced plans to slash the company’s workforce “by nearly half, from...
6 March 2026