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Italy: Intesa Sanpaolo launches ‘mixed’ employment contract, allowing workers to be half freelance and half employed
In an announcement recently published on LinkedIn and on its website, Intesa Sanpaolo wrote: “Are you interested in an employment opportunity that combines entrepreneurship and stability? If...
8 June 2017
Norway: unionization on the wane, fewer than one in two workers was a union member in 2016
Is this the end of a myth? Research foundation Fafo has just published 2016 statistics showing that only 49% of Norway’s employees are members of a trade union. Flirting with the 50% threshold for...
8 June 2017
L’Oréal: an interview with Bertrand de Senneville, Global Vice-President of HR-Industrial Relations and Head of the L’Oréal Share & Care Program
In January 2017 the global cosmetics giant launched ‘Season 2’ of its Share & Care program, which in addition to bolstering certain social cover and parental leave aspects also focuses on the...
8 June 2017
United States: the Republican majority in Congress is looking to weaken the unions
Several Republican members of the Chamber of Representatives are backing a draft law that weakens a union’s capacity to build a presence within a company.
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8 June 2017
Briefly, India’s IT trade unions try to play a role against a backdrop of redundancies hitting the sector
The bodies that aim to organize India’s engineers are looking to succeed at a time when a significant wave of redundancies is hitting the country’s IT sector (for more on the...
6 June 2017
France: government delivers the social partners a work program for renewing the social model
On 06 June the government delivered a program of labor market reforms to the social partners that quite clearly sets out the direction to follow in order to accommodate consultation, timetabling...
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2 June 2017
News update as of June 6, 2017
On the menu : vote on law for meat sector contractors' joint liability Germany, Irish freelance workers will be allowed the right to collective bargaining, wage agreement in oil sector in...
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2 June 2017
Denmark: unanimous political agreement to benefit freelance workers
On 18 May the Danish government reached a deal with the country’s social democratic party and the People’s Party on a new type of unemployment benefit for freelance and so-called atypical workers...
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2 June 2017
Sweden: agreements reached across telecommunications sector
An agreement was reached on 17 May between the SEKO union (for service and communications employees) and the employer organisation IT&Telekomföretagen (for the telecoms and IT sectors, a...
2 June 2017
News update as of June 1, 2017
On the menu : new forms of occasional work in Italy, Indian IT sector in crisis as a result of new US migrant policy and some brief news.
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31 May 2017
EU: mobility package seeks to improve working conditions for vehicle drivers and combat social dumping in road transport
For a 'Europe on the move' road transport has to be 'fair', or in other words 'with appropriate protection for workers and conditions conducive to fair competition between businesses," explained...
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31 May 2017
Germany: company pension reform vote
The company pensions reform that was announced in November 2016 (c.f. article No. 9939) should receive a large majority in the Bundestag vote on 01 June. Presented as a wide-ranging program to...
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31 May 2017
Spain: a new collective agreement for call centers
The CCOO and UGT unions together with employers’ body, the ACE, have signed a new collective agreement for the call center sector, which guarantees the maintenance of purchasing power and...
31 May 2017
Germany: launch of a ‘national dialogue’ on workplace stress
Germany’s authorities and social partners continue to focus on the direct and indirect effects of workplace stress. In spite of the many nationwide plans and laws on the issue and against a...
30 May 2017
Great Britain: almost 500 companies are now committed to combatting mental health in the workplace
Ranging from airplane engine maker Rolls-Royce to the restaurant chain Pizza Hut, supermarket chains Tesco and Marks & Spencer, not forgetting the Virgin Money bank plus gas giant British Gas...
30 May 2017
Germany: new initiative looks to encourage company agreements on digitalisation
An initiative launched in Germany, named ‘Arbeit 2020 in NRW’, has been looking at, among other things, how companies can adjust to the trend of digitalisation while avoiding a negative impact on...
29 May 2017
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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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Argentina: government unveils labour reform
Argentina's ultra-liberal president Javier Milei wants to "modernise labour" with a new reform that has been greeted with opposition from trade unions. Submitted to the Senate on 11 December, the...
6 January 2026
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TRENDS IN 2026 — Reducing workplace absence at all costs: a major challenge for Europe
Workplace absence is on the rise across Europe, particularly among women, older employees and, since the Covid-19 pandemic, young people under the age of 30. Faced with this growing problem, some...
14 January 2026
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Spain: government wants 3.1% minimum wage hike
Spain's ministry of labour has informed the social partners of its intention to raise the minimum wage to €1,221 gross per month. This increase is expected to be approved by the Council of...
8 January 2026
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Poland: reform introduces possibility of working for another employer while on sick leave
On 7 January, the President of Poland promulgated an amendment to the country’s social insurance act. The reform aims to clarify the activities permitted during sick leave, so that...
12 January 2026
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Vincent Lecerf (Orange): “Equality and diversity are competitive advantages for us”
Following the signing of a new agreement on professional equality and diversity in December, the chief HR officer of French multinational telecommunications corporation Orange Group, Vincent...
13 January 2026
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France: Crédit Agricole signs first independent agreement on disability
On 8 December, French banking group Crédit Agricole and three of the four representative trade unions (CFE-CGC, CFDT and FO) in France signed a disability agreement for the period...
9 January 2026