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United Kingdom: women occupy one third of board seats at largest UK-listed companies
On 8 February, the UK government revealed that 33% of board seats at FTSE 100 companies are held by women. This particular objective was set in 2016, with companies given until 2020 to reach the...
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10 February 2020
Switzerland: popular vote to be held on proposed paternity leave framework
On Wednesday 5 February, Switzerland’s Federal Chancellery announced that a petition calling for a referendum on a new two-week paternity leave entitlement has collected enough signatures...
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10 February 2020
Canada: bill tabled to require companies to reveal whether they employ forced labour
Julie Miville-Dechêne, the independent Canadian senator, has tabled a bill against modern slavery. Under the text, which has the support of a committee formed by all parties, all companies...
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7 February 2020
Finland: fathers to have same parental leave entitlement as mothers
On Wednesday 5 February, Finland’s minister for health and social affairs Aino-Kaisa Pekonen announced that fathers will be entitled to the same level of parental leave as mothers. She told...
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7 February 2020
Spain: agreement between the Basque regional administration and the social partners in support of the Industry 4.0 transition process
The Basque Region’s government together with the employers’ body Confebask and the CCO and UGT trade unions have agreed to prepare a support plan for those affected by technological...
7 February 2020
Franco-German initiative for ‘in-house’ apprenticeships in industry, with greater focus on digital and language skills
The Franco-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CFACI) and the French branches of four large German chemicals groups (BAYER, BASF, Merck and Boehringer) have teamed up to create a joint...
6 February 2020
France: Novartis establishes 16-weeks of paid parental leave, starting 01 January 2020
Employees at the pharmaceutical company’s French subsidiary are set to receive an extra two weeks of paid parental leave above and beyond the standard minimum duration as required in the...
6 February 2020
Great Britain: ethnic under-representation is evident in more than a 1/3 of big company management boards
Management boards in 37% of the FTSE 100 listed companies (in terms of market capitalization) have no seats occupied by members of ethnic minority groups. This percentage rises to 59% for the...
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6 February 2020
Spain: CaixaBank extends its equality plan and includes recognition for the right to disconnect from work
On 21 January, and following three years of negotiations, management and trade unions at CaixaBank secured an agreement that completes and extend the scope of the bank’s first equality plan signed...
5 February 2020
France: 105 businesses commit to awarding a minimum of one month paid leave for second parents
An opinion piece published in the 05 February edition of the daily economics publication Les Echos (here) indicates that 105 companies (primarily in the tech, organic, and sustainable development...
5 February 2020
Hungary: Diageo introduces 26 weeks paternity leave
Fathers in Hungary can avail of five-days of paid statutory leave following the birth of a child. This leave can be taken whole or in several parts but must be used before the child is two months...
5 February 2020
Canada: class action brought against Hershey’s for misleading claims made regarding child labor in their cocoa supply chains
On 20 January, a Canadian consumer filed a class action lawsuit in the British Columbia Supreme Court against Hershey Canada Inc. and its parent establishments denouncing the fact the...
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5 February 2020
Germany: collective negotiations in the metallurgy sector to commence ahead of schedule
On 04 February, the IG Metall trade union gave the green light for sector negotiations to commence, even though the current agreement runs until 31 March 2020. Thus 20 February is the date set for...
4 February 2020
Germany: ruling coalition broadens access to and the duration of partial unemployment alongside mandatory training
Germany’s ruling coalition has broadly responded to demands by the auto and metallurgy sectors’ social partners as laid out at the Federal Chancellery, during the ‘Auto Summit’ on 15 January 2020...
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4 February 2020
Chile: agreement between H&M management and employees that lowers working hours down to 40 per week
On 24 January, after several weeks of low-key talks, H&M Chile group (Hennes & Mauritz AB) announced the conclusion of an agreement with the H&M Chile Workers Union that includes a...
4 February 2020
Turkey: wage agreement for 130,000 workers in metal industry (update following endorsement by the Birleşik Metal-İş trade union)
On 29 January, after a period of tough negotiations punctuated by strikes, the Turkish Employers’ Association of Metal Industries (MESS) reached an agreement on wages with the Turk Metal and...
4 February 2020
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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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Catherine Chavanier (CDC Habitat): “Social dialogue on AI facilitates its deployment”
In February, CDC Habitat (10,500 employees) signed a two-year framework agreement governing social dialogue on AI. Catherine Chavanier, HR Director of the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et...
20 March 2026
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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
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France: Club Med includes “multiculturalism” in its professional equality agreement
In December 2025, Club Med and the CFTC, Unsa, and FO trade unions signed an agreement on professional equality and working conditions. It introduces measures addressing AI, pay transparency, and...
23 March 2026
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Greece: hospitality sector signs first collective agreement aligned with National Social Pact
The hospitality sector (125,000 employees), one of Greece’s largest industries after retail, signed a new two-year collective agreement on 17 March. The text, effective from 1 April 2026...
19 March 2026
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France: bioMérieux’s new disability agreement pivots towards mental health
The news. On 6 January 2026, bioMérieux—an in vitro diagnostics specialist employing 4,400 people in France—signed a new four-year agreement “relating to the employment...
4 March 2026
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Germany: a wave of redundancy plans in the automotive sector
The latest financial results presented in early 2026 by major German car manufacturers show sharp declines. This collapse in profits has triggered the announcement or confirmation of massive job...
16 March 2026