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On 10 October, the Dutch Senate approved the paid parental leave bill, which will come into force on 2 August 2022. The bill adheres to the provisions of the EU directive on the work-life balance...

15 October 2021

Belgium: government proposes flexible working time measures

On 12 October the ruling coalition of conservatives and liberals (MR-Open VLD), socialists and greens, as well as the Flemish Christian Democrats, reached an agreement for the 2022 budget. The...

14 October 2021

Germany: Vodafone employees can now work wherever they want

Since 01 October 2021, all Vodafone Germany employees are free to decide where they want to work, be it at the office, at home, or in a café. They can even work for up to 20 days a year in...

14 October 2021

Spain: El Corte Inglés offers training to staff in the appropriate approach when engaging with people with disabilities

On 05 October, Spain’s department store chain El Corte Inglés announced that going forward all of its almost 81,000 employees worldwide would receive training on the best practices to...

14 October 2021

ILO adopts new code of practice with guidance to strengthen health and safety for textile workers

Avoiding ‘tragedies’ such as the Rana Plaza disaster, which claimed the lives of more than 1,100 textile workers in 2013 when a building housing manufacturing facilities supplying...

13 October 2021

Great Britain: Arup employees allowed to split their working time over all 7 days in the week

Since 20 May, London-based professional services group Arup, which employs 6,000 people in the United Kingdom, has been implementing a flexible work organization model that supplants the...

13 October 2021

France: a psycho-social prevention tool to accompany the internal transformation of Fayat Energie Services

Fayat Energie Services is a branch of the Fayat real estate group, France’s 4th largest real estate group, and it specialises in energy services, electrical engineering, climate control and...

13 October 2021

Italy: agreement on generational renewal at Crédit Agricole, that includes 1,000 voluntary departures and 700 new hires

On 02 October, Crédit Agricole's Italian subsidiary and the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, UILCA and Unisin trade unions signed an agreement on generational renewal that has been designed to...

12 October 2021

Great Britain: aircraft engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce seeks talent from neurodivergent cohorts

Rolls-Royce is looking for the best undergraduate student with a neurodivergent condition such as autism, hyperactivity, dyslexia, and dyspraxia. The engine manufacturer, which sponsors several...

12 October 2021

Spain: Desigual employees approve shift to four-day week

On 7 October, employees of Spanish fashion company Desigual voted in favour of working only four days per week. The firm’s staff will transition from 39.5 hours per week to 34 and will either have...

11 October 2021

United Kingdom: leading firms pledge to offer menopause support

Since the start of the month various leading UK businesses – including supermarket giant Tesco, professional services firm PwC, health insurance company Bupa, publisher HarperCollins and...

11 October 2021

Germany: Porsche site in Leipzig to adopt 35-hour week from 2025

As part of a so-called “collective agreement for the future”, the management of sports car manufacturer Porsche and the IG Metall trade union have reached an agreement that will see...

11 October 2021

Germany: “We want to help employees to change jobs and avoid redundancies,” says Marcel Verweinen, human resources senior vice president at Continental (interview)

Amid rapid evolutions in the world of work due to digitalisation, the ecological transition and demographic change, 26 large German companies employing a combined total of around one million...

8 October 2021

France: MGEN strengthens its ambitions for professional equality with a new agreement

On 29 September MGEN (Mutuelle Générale de l'Education Nationale), France's leading mutual health insurance company and healthcare services provider with almost 10,000 employees, announced it had...

8 October 2021

Ireland: 4-day working week to be tested by companies

Starting in February 2022, Irish employers will introduce a four-day working week on a trial basis for a period of six months. The pilot programme was devised by the lobby group Four Day Week...

8 October 2021

Italy: workplace safety, employability and hybrid working at heart of renewed social dialogue

The post-pandemic recovery has prompted Mario Draghi’s government, Italian businesses and trade unions to commence discussions over a variety of matters. The most urgent of all is workplace...

7 October 2021

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29 January 2026

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The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...

24 September 2026

Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures

The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...

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