All articles
Trending topics
- European Framework Agreement
- Older workers
- Corporate sustainability due diligence
- mind Exclusive
- Artificial intelligence
- Managing the fallout of Covid-19
- Collective agreement
- Skills
- Remote work regulations
- EWC agreements and recast directive
- Global Framework Agreements
- Gender equality
- hybrid work
- CSRD
- Gig workers and the regulation of platforms
Argentina: mobilization efforts recommence after summer lull
As the January summer parliamentary truce came to a close Argentina’s social relations restarted where they had left off, namely within a climate of tension and conflict. With December’s pension...
7 February 2018
Germany: metal sector agreement includes a 4.3% salary increase and a landmark provision to make working time more flexible
Late into the evening of 05/06 February the metal sector’s social partners, IG Metall and the employers’ body struck a new collective agreement that is set to run for 27 months and covers the...
6 February 2018
Poland: law to ban Sunday shopping adopted
A law to greatly limit Sunday shopping in Poland was passed on 30 January 2018. The law, which will also ban trade on public holidays, will be gradually implemented from 1 March. However, a number...
- HR
- News
5 February 2018
Germany: Deliveroo’s first works council to be elected in Cologne
Riders working for the food delivery platform Deliveroo in Cologne have decided to follow the example of their colleagues at Foodora by setting up a works council, which will be elected on 16...
5 February 2018
News update as of February 2, 2018
On the menu : Tripartite social agreement for 2018-2020 signed in Russia, agreement at Royal Mail to reduce working time and establish a ‘ground-breaking’ pension system, Qatar Supreme Committee...
- HR
- News
2 February 2018
Germany: metals sector negotiations reaching breaking point
Despite certain somewhat alarming reports, metals sector collective negotiations between the IG Metall union and the employers Gesammtmetall body still continue under what can be called a...
1 February 2018
Sweden: towards limiting the right to strike?
This question has come up since repeated strike action at the port of Gothenburg during 2016 and 2017, and which, according to the labor Minister Ylva Johansson, demonstrates that the Swedish...
1 February 2018
Italy: banking sector social partners sign an agreement strengthening the sector’s Employment Fund
On 29 January 2018, Italy’s Banking Association L’Associazione Bancaria Italiana (ABI) together with the trade unions, FABI, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, UGL Credito, Uilca, and Unità Sindacale Falcri...
1 February 2018
Great Britain: “Apprenticeships have always been stigmatized” – an interview with an expert from the CIPD
Last week and following a spectacular and near 60% plunge in the number of people registering for apprenticeships between May-July 2017 in England as compared with a year earlier, the UK...
31 January 2018
Poland: trade union law reform on track
Currently being debated at the National Assembly, this draft reform of trade union law intends for: independent workers to be able to establish and become members of trade unions, an increase in...
- HR
- News
31 January 2018
Spain: pay moderation agreement at Opel Figueruelas
Management and unions at the Spanish Opel plant have announced a pre-agreement on salaries which includes a 2018 pay freeze in exchange for new projects securing the site’s future.
30 January 2018
Norway fresh strike action protesting temporary employment agencies is set for March
Following last November’s strike action, four unions from the electronics, construction, and plumbing sectors together with the LO Confederation have decided to organize fresh strike action for 15...
30 January 2018
Portugal: following a sit-in workers at the former Triumph underwear and lingerie workplace secure collective dismissal for economic reasons
Following a three-week sit-in at the facility, 463 former Triumph workers secured a company insolvency decision. The Tribunal ruling now unlocks the right to collective dismissal compensation, and...
30 January 2018
News update as of January 26, 2018
On the menu : Spanish Employment minister seeks stronger penalties against companies that hand out temporary contracts without justification and a work-life balance agreement which grants the...
- HR
- News
26 January 2018
Germany: IG Metall union agrees to last-ditch negotiation push in the metal sector and issues ultimatum
Following a crisis meeting held on 26 January, the leadership of the IG Metall union announced that it would continue negotiations with the employer organisation in Baden-Württemberg, the most...
25 January 2018
Finland: government, challenged because of its recent policies to activate the unemployed, calls for help from companies
Faced with the threat of social movement, Finland’s Prime Minister is calling on employers to help by hiring the unemployed for short periods of time. The trade unions, which also represent the...
- HR
- News
25 January 2018
Our mind news
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
Most viewed articles of the month on mind HR
What readers clicked on the most last month.
What readers clicked on the most last month.
1
Italy: collective agreement for rubber and plastics sector focuses on new skills
A month ahead of schedule, the Federazione Gomma Plastica employers' organisation and the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec trade unions have renewed the collective agreement for the rubber and...
5 January 2026
2
Italy: new generational renewal agreement penned at UniCredit
The agreement signed on 30 December by UniCredit, Italy’s second-largest banking group, with the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions aims to continue generational...
15 January 2026
3
France: social partner talks extend far beyond contractual terminations
After a false start on 3 December, French social partners resumed talks on 7 January 2026 on potential changes to the unemployment insurance agreement, including the rules governing compensation...
12 January 2026
4
EU: banking sector social partners commit to combating violence and harassment
On 15 January, the trade union federation UNI Europa Finance and three employers’ associations in the banking sector signed a joint statement on preventing violence and harassment in the...
16 January 2026
5
Oliver Dietrich (IG Metall): “The advent of AI can be a means of deepening social partnership within companies”
In Germany, trade unions want to influence how AI is deployed in companies. Oliver Dietrich is an AI project manager at the regional office of the IG Metall trade union in North Rhine-Westphalia...
21 January 2026
6
Italy: banking group Intesa Sanpaolo sharpens focus on quality of life at work
Over the Christmas period Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy's largest bank, penned with trade unions a deal to renew the first part of the company agreement, covering work-life balance, inclusion, parenthood...
14 January 2026