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EU: social partners in the temporary agency work sector call for an extension of existing social innovation schemes for temporary workers
On 01 December a joint declaration was signed by the World Employment Confederation-Europe (employers) and UNI-Europa (trade unions), and concluded a two-year project on social innovation in the...
9 December 2020
EU: telecom sector social partners affirm social dialogue as key to developing ethical and trustworthy AI
On 30 November, the European telecommunications sector’s social partners (ETNO – employers & Uni Europa trade unions) signed a Joint Declaration on Artificial Intelligence, which emphasizes...
8 December 2020
EU: Ceemet and IndustriAll Europe joint position affirms the need for strong and autonomous social partners in managing digital transformation
In their 09 November joint position on "The impact of digitalisation on the world of work in the MET industries", the European social partners in the metal, engineering, and technology-based...
8 December 2020
EU: CJEU dismisses appeals by Hungary and Poland to annul the directive strengthening posted workers’ rights
Hungary and Poland have failed in their attempt to derail Directive (EU) 2018/957, which amends and strengthens Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the...
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8 December 2020
EU: Parliament’s Employment Committee adopts resolution on the right to disconnect
A resolution for a right to disconnect, which was proposed in July by the Maltese MEP Alex Saliba, was adopted on 1 December by MEPs in the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social...
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7 December 2020
Spain: debate over four-day week reignited
Following comments from Spain’s deputy prime minister Pablo Iglesias, who announced that the possibility of reducing working time was already “being discussed with social...
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7 December 2020
Axa: charter signed with EWC on global health and well-being programme
On 18 November, Thomas Buberl, chief executive of French insurance group Axa, and Hedi Ben Sedrine, secretary of the Axa European Works Council, signed a charter on the group’s global health and...
4 December 2020
United States: NLRB challenges the dismissal of two Google employees, in the name of the law that protects their right to organise collectively
The US National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against tech giant Google. According to lawyers of the federal agency in San Francisco, the Silicon Valley firm violated labour law when...
4 December 2020
EU: Council ministers call on the Commission to adopt a regulation on human rights related corporate due diligence obligations
In the conclusions of its 01 December meeting devoted to decent work, the Council of European Labor Ministers gave their respective Member State’s support to initiatives announced by the EU...
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2 December 2020
Unilever 4-day working week trial in New Zealand
From 07 December and for a one-year trail period, 81 employees working in sales, distribution and marketing roles at the Unilever food giant in New Zealand will be working in the office for 4 days...
2 December 2020
France: definitive adoption of the 28-day paternity leave
On 30 November, France’s National Assembly definitively adopted the Social Security Financing Law, which is applicable for children born from July 1, 2021, and extends paternity leave from...
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1 December 2020
Germany: exploring various avenues to regulate online platform work
Prior to the Government’s Digital Agenda Summit being in Berlin (30 November – 01 December), Employment and Social Affairs Minister Hubertus Heil opened a discussion on labor conditions and labor...
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1 December 2020
Great Britain: trade unions paying close attention to rising use of AI in companies
On 30 November the TUC trade union confederation announced it was launching a taskforce specifically aimed at protecting workers from the punitive use of new technologies within companies. The...
1 December 2020
Germany: tax deduction for remote work being prepared
The parties in Germany’s governing coalition have agreed to introduce a tax deduction for employees that are working remotely, the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported on Monday...
30 November 2020
Switzerland: responsible business initiative fails to garner sufficient support
In a vote held on Sunday 29 November, a popular initiative in Switzerland that seeks to hold large companies in the country accountable for the actions of their affiliates and suppliers abroad...
Spain: individuals on short-time working given priority access to training
Published in the Spanish Official Gazette (BOE) on 27 November, a decree from the country’s labour ministry establishes priority access to vocational training for individuals affected by furlough...
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30 November 2020
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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