All articles
Trending topics
- Gig workers and the regulation of platforms
- Older workers
- EWC agreements and recast directive
- mind Exclusive
- hybrid work
- Corporate sustainability due diligence
- Managing the fallout of Covid-19
- CSRD
- Artificial intelligence
- Remote work regulations
- Gender equality
- Skills
- Global Framework Agreements
- Collective agreement
- European Framework Agreement
Japan: banks may launch their own recruitment service
In light of regulatory reforms within the banking sector as announced by the Financial Services Agency, the FSA, Japan’s banks will be able to provide their customers with recruitment support...
22 March 2018
Hungary: new worker profiles entering the manufacturing sector
Hungary’s manufacturing companies are currently having to cope with serious manpower management challenges. According to a recent survey, 88% of businesses are struggling to manage a manpower...
22 March 2018
News updates as of March 21, 2018
On the menu : Can blockchain technology help combat forced labor? , In Spain, Las Kellys, the female hotel cleaning staff group is seeking to be recognized as the sector's interlocutor, TIM...
- HR
- News
21 March 2018
Finland: continued stalemate for negotiations over a new finance sector collective agreement
Although still in process, negotiations for finance sector collective convention have made no serious progress. The sector’s trade unions have announced fresh strike action for the weeks ahead.
20 March 2018
EU: agreement on European rules for posted workers
On 19 March representatives of Europe’s three institutions (The European Commission, Council and Parliament) finished deliberating the rules over situations where workers may be temporarily sent...
- HR
- News
20 March 2018
Germany: metal sector social partners adapting professions and work-linked training to fit the digital age
With Industry 4.0 in full swing across Germany, on 15 March the country’s employers’ federation Gesamtmetall, the machine-tool federation VDMA, the central electrical-electronic union ZVEI, and...
20 March 2018
Estonia: historic agreement on collective agreements extension
Are Estonia’s industrial relations coming to maturity? Trade unions have traditionally been viewed as extensions of the country’s communist era and as such have struggled to secure legitimacy...
20 March 2018
Latest Brexit update: transitional period to last 21 months
After weeks of intense negotiations, Europe and the United Kingdom announced on Monday that they had reached an agreement over the post-Brexit transitional period. The period will begin on 29...
19 March 2018
United Kingdom: large gender pay gaps revealed in banking sector
Under new legislation, companies in the UK with 250 employees or more will have to publish their gender pay gap by 4 April, or run the risk of a penalty (see articles n°9966 and n°9502). The...
19 March 2018
Brazil: private retirement plans, the new trump card in recruitment negotiations
Last year in Brazil was marked by debate over how the pensions of the country’s population would be funded. This culminated in a failed attempt at reform, abandoned by the government before it...
- HR
- News
19 March 2018
News update as of March 15, 2018
Czech Republic/Unions seek a 30-minute daily reduction in working time for a 37.5 hour week without any change in salary. The national press is reporting this story of a reduction in the working...
- HR
- News
15 March 2018
SAP: the 22,000 German-based employees at this software company can now work wherever they wish, in the office, at home or elsewhere
SAP Germany has a longstanding tradition of teleworking and ‘confidence-based working time’. Nonetheless the German enterprise-software giant has decided to go further and make its working...
14 March 2018
EU: the European Commission makes proposals for a European Labor Authority
The European Commission is adopting proposals for a European Labour Authority (ELA). On 13 March, exactly six months after having first floated the idea, the Commission presented a legislative...
- HR
- News
13 March 2018
EU: non-binding measures to provide social protection access to all irrespective of employment status
The European Commission continues to implement its European Social Rights Pillar that aims to ensure the upward convergence of social protection. On 13 March the European Commission presented a...
- HR
- News
13 March 2018
Germany: Deutsche Post unions fear creating a single distribution subsidiary will result in downgrading working conditions for postal delivery workers
An article in the daily publication Die Welt from 12 March reports that Deutsche Post (DP) was preparing a significant restructuring. The article indicated the German postal giant was in the...
13 March 2018
Argentina: draft legislation that promotes gender equality at work
In a bid to encourage gender equality, Argentina’s government has submitted a text to parliament modifying the current employment contract law (LTC, ley de Contrato de Trabajo). Reaffirming the...
- HR
- News
13 March 2018
Our mind news
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
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
France: Yves Rocher convicted of breach of duty of vigilance for infringement of freedom of association
The specialised chamber of the Paris Judicial Court convicted Yves Rocher on 12 March for breaching its duty of vigilance. The group was sued by Turkish employees dismissed in 2018 by a subsidiary...
- HR
- CSR
- News brief
12 March 2026
2
Spain: business support package to tackle the economic impact of the Middle East conflict
The Spanish government approved a series of measures on 20 March to support companies facing rising energy prices. In return, these businesses are prohibited from making redundancies for economic...
3
EU: Council adopts position on simplifying AI rules
The Council of the EU approved its position on 13 March regarding the “omnibus regulation” proposal, published last November by the Commission to simplify the AI Act. Confirming the...
- HR
- CSR
- News brief
20 March 2026
4
Germany: a corporate group supports local political engagement via its “Democracy Charter”
Large corporations in the Hesse region, surrounding Frankfurt, are defending local democracy by enabling employees to volunteer in local public life through an initiative dubbed the "Democracy...
5
United States: Coca-Cola subsidiary sued by the administration over women-only event
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on 18 February that it is launching federal proceedings against Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast for “sex-based...
- HR
- CSR
- News brief
6 March 2026