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France: Safran SA increases remote work allowance
Since 1 January 2025, employees of Safran SA – an entity comprising 4,000 people in the aerospace group’s support and research functions – have been able to benefit from an...
Poland: bill tabled to combat bullying more effectively
On 23 January, Polish labour minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk presented to parliament a bill amending the regulations on psychological harassment. It provides a more precise definition of...
24 January 2025
EU: lobbying on all sides over omnibus sustainability directive
The omnibus directive, which is intended to lighten the regulatory burden on companies introduced by the European legislative package on sustainability, is causing controversy both at political...
23 January 2025
United States: Donald Trump repeals artificial intelligence rules
On 20 January, upon his arrival in the White House, US President Donald Trump repealed the executive order on artificial intelligence issued by Joe Biden in October 2023. The aim of this text was...
United States: Apple to continue diversity programmes despite political pressure
In a move that goes against the grain of several large US companies that have announced the end of their diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) policies in recent weeks, Apple has recommended...
22 January 2025
Italy: BPER banking group gives all staff training on new technology
Italian banking group BPER announced in mid-January the creation of an ‘academy’, in partnership with the training group Digit’Ed, as it seeks to train its 20,000 employees on...
United States: new regulations to facilitate recruitment of highly skilled foreign workers come into force
The new regulations on visas for highly skilled foreign workers (H-1B), announced by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on 17 December, came into force on 17 January. The aim is to enable...
Spain: trade unions of Basque Country and Navarre call for negotiation of a minimum wage specific to their region
On 8 January 2025, the regional nationalist trade unions ELA, LAB, ESK, Steilas and Etxalde presented the parliaments of the Basque Country and Navarre with two popular legislative initiatives...
21 January 2025
Spain: Just Eat bolsters collective agreement with greater job stability for delivery staff
On 15 January 2025, the food order and delivery platform Just Eat signed its second company agreement. It raises the salaries of delivery workers and gives them the opportunity to work longer...
20 January 2025
United States: Meta and Amazon join Walmart in row back on inclusion
Meta and Amazon are backtracking in their fight against discrimination. After abolishing fact-checking in the US – the verification of information on its social networks – Meta...
20 January 2025
Italy: tourism sector finally renews collective agreement, six years after expiry of predecessor
The employer organisations Aica and Federturismo Confindustria and the trade unions Filcams-Cgil, Fisascat-Cisl and Uiltucs penned a deal on 21 December to renew the national collective agreement...
Mercadona hikes wages for all staff by 8.5%
From 2025, Spanish retail leader Mercadona (turnover 2023: €35.53 billion, up 15% year on year. 1,681 stores) is increasing the salaries of its 104,000 employees in order to increase their...
mind RH news – Draft global CSR agreement submitted for signature at EDF
French energy company EDF and two global trade union federations have struck a draft agreement on social and environmental responsibility, which has been submitted to 16 trade union organisations...
16 January 2025
Italy: Banco BPM steps up generational renewal
Italy's fourth-largest banking group has signed a series of agreements with its trade unions covering three main areas: generational renewal through 1,100 voluntary early retirements and 1,013 new...
16 January 2025
A look back at 2024: remote work central to debate
Four years after the widespread introduction of remote work or telework for employees in the service sector, the practice was called into question in 2024, as companies moved to roll back the...
15 January 2025
CJEU Advocate General calls for annulment of European directive on minimum wages
In an opinion delivered on 14 January, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has supported Denmark's request for the annulment of the directive on minimum...
15 January 2025
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EU: Commission proposes loosening of AI regulations
On 19 November, the European Commission published a proposal for an omnibus regulation aimed at simplifying the AI Act in order to ‘ensure the swift, smooth and proportionate implementation’ of...
24 November 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...
5 December 2025
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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...
9 December 2025
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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...
16 December 2025
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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...
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...
28 November 2025