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The High Court has rejected a case brought by Uber regarding the legality of its business model in London. The US ride hailing giant brought the case after the Supreme Court ruled in February that...

13 December 2021

Belgium: Engie Electrabel offers bonus equal to one year’s pay to avoid staff departures

On 7 December, Belgian energy company Engie Electrabel presented its plan for retaining the 2,000 workers at its Doel and Tihange power stations, according to the press agency Belga. The firm...

10 December 2021

Netherlands: large companies will have to meet a quota of women on their boards from 1 January 2022

The Diversity Quota and Targets Act (Wet ingroeiquotum en streefcijfers), which was ratified by the Dutch senate in September of this year, is set to come into force on 1 January 2022. The new law...

10 December 2021

EU: European Commission proposes presumption of salaried employee status for platform workers

On 09 December and following a process launched in spring 2021 with the consultation of social partners, the European Commission unveiled a Directive proposal aimed at improving the working...

9 December 2021

Britain: toolkit published on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the recruitment process

Called Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the job interview process: Toolkit for employers, careers advisers and hiring platforms, this information document distributed in November was produced by...

9 December 2021

Italy: L’Oréal focuses on parenthood and work/life balance

Six weeks paternity leave, an increase in the company's contribution to optional parental leave, and three days of paid leave per year available in the event of illness of a grandchild, elderly...

8 December 2021

Portugal: lower legal retirement age in 2023

In 2023 Portugal’s legal retirement age will be set at 66 years and 4 months. The life expectancy coefficient that is used to calculate the legal age for claiming a pension has been revised...

8 December 2021

France: insurance sector concludes a framework agreement on telework

On 06 December, four trade union bodies (CFDT, CFE-CGC, CFTC and UNSA) and the French Insurance Federation (FFA) signed the insurance sector’s first ever framework agreement on telework. Although...

7 December 2021

Italy: drivers contracted to deliver Amazon goods obtain a reduction in working hours

Strike action planned for Black Friday (26 November) was averted as a result of a national agreement being reached at the end of November between the companies affiliated with Assoespressi...

7 December 2021

Hong Kong: negotiations at Foodpanda (ultimately) successful

On 13 and 14 November, around 300 of the 10,000 people that work for Hong Kong's leading food delivery platform, Foodpanda, went on strike. Following two rounds of agonising negotiations lasting...

6 December 2021

Germany: plans for points-based immigration system to attract qualified workers from across the world

The three parties set to form Germany’s new coalition government – the SPD, Greens and FDP – have indicated in their coalition contract that they plan an overhaul of the...

6 December 2021

Germany: election of a works council at the delivery company Gorillas, with help from the courts

Dissatisfied with the working conditions and pay offered by the young dynamic German start-up and ‘ultra-fast delivery’ platform, employees of Gorillas’ Berlin subsidiary finally succeeded in...

2 December 2021

Portugal: telework to be mandatory for employees in post-holiday period between 02-09 January 2022

On 20 November and facing a resurgence in the Covid-19 epidemic right across the country, Portugal’s government presented a series of reinforced measurestaken in the Council of Ministers as...

2 December 2021

EU: trade unions and several governments exhort the European Commission for the presumption of a salaried employee relationship to apply to digital platform workers

On 08 December, the European Commission is due to present a draft directive aimed at improving the working conditions and protection of platform workers. In an open letter to European Commission...

1 December 2021

Great Britain: Atom Bank adopts a four-day working week without cutting pay

Since 10 November, the UK online bank Atom Bank has been offering its 430 employees the opportunity to work 34 hours a week, over four days, while keeping the same salary. The group's aim is to...

1 December 2021

Belgium: federal government imposes 4 days of telework per week

On 17 November and faced with a resurgence in the number of Covid-19 cases, the Belgian authorities decided to modify the Royal Decree of 28 October 2021 and to make telework compulsory again in...

30 November 2021

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5 March 2026

France: Crédit Agricole to tighten remote work rules

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

France: Orange submits gender equality agreement – including AI provisions – for union approval

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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

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

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

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

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

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