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France: Labor Code now includes heatwave as a reason for short-time working in the construction sector
A decree published on 29 June 2024 in the Official Journal specifies the climatic conditions that entitle workers to short-time working with re-imbursement by the Caisse d’indemnisation du...
9 July 2024
Luxembourg: transposition of the European directive on transparent and predictable working conditions
On 26 June 2024, the Chamber of Deputies first vote unanimously upheld the bill transposing the European directive on transparent and predictable working conditions. Among...
9 July 2024
United Kingdom: Court of Appeal paves the way for forced labour due diligence proceedings
In a decision handed down on 27June 2024, the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal overturned a decision by the National Crime Agency (NCA), which specialises in the fight against organised...
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8 July 2024
Luxembourg: lower minimum wage for hiring highly qualified workers from a third country
The law of 04 June 2024, which transposes the European directive on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment, came into...
8 July 2024
France: Monoprix signs an agreement on night work during the Olympic Games
On 17 June 2024, Monoprix along with two trade union bodies, CFDT and CFE-CGC reached an agreement on night work during the Olympic Games (the CGT union did not sign). The agreement will run for 9...
5 July 2024
Poland: a bill to revitalize collective bargaining
A bill on collective agreements has been tabled in Poland’s Parliament by the new pro-European centrist government led by Donald Tusk since the beginning of December 2023. The bill implements the...
5 July 2024
Austria: a new law extends the legal framework surrounding teleworking
Austria’s Parliament has just passed a new law that makes the rules governing teleworking more flexible and more precise. Drawing on IT advances, teleworking can now be done from any location with...
4 July 2024
Germany: ground-breaking collective agreement and 6.85% salary increase for the chemical sector
On 27 June 2024 Germany’s chemical sector social partners: the IG BCE trade union and the BAVC employers’ body, signed a new collective agreement spanning 20 months until February...
4 July 2024
Italy: Manufactures Dior SRL placed under judicial administration for worker ‘exploitation’ along the subcontracting chain
A Milan court has ordered that Manufactures Dior Srl, a leather goods company fully owned by Christian Dior Italia (within the French LVMH Group), be placed under administration for a period of...
Germany: mixed interim results for the four-day week pilot project
Since February 2024, 45 German companies have been testing the four-day working week as part of a project launched by the consultancy firm Intraprenör, which has just published an interim...
3 July 2024
Sweden: paid parental leave may now be transferred to a close relative
New rules designed to give parents greater flexibility in taking parental leave have come into force with effect from 1 July 2024, bringing two major changes. Firstly, parents will be able to take...
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2 July 2024
United Kingdom: the parties’ promises on social policy for the general election
On 4 July, the people of the UK will elect their new parliament and, by extension, their government for the next five years. Mind RH has compared the social programmes of the main political...
2 July 2024
Ireland: law on collective redundancies comes into force
The new law enhancing the protection of employees in a collective redundancy situation following their employer’s insolvency comes into force today. The law aims to improve the information...
1 July 2024
Chile: minimum wage rises further from 1 July
The minimum wage in Chile will rise from 460,000 to 500,000 pesos gross per month from today (from €533 to €580), as provided for in the law of 29 May 2023, representing an increase of...
1 July 2024
EU: social partners remain divided on need of telework legislation
Despite agreeing in 2022 to strike a framework agreement on teleworking, which would be adopted in the form of a directive, the social partners are now divided on the matter. Several months after...
27 June 2024
France: Barilla trials support service for employees providing care
On 15 May, the management of Barilla France (1,300 employees) and the trade unions – CFDT, CFE-CGC and CGT – signed a new agreement on the "prevention of the risk of disability, the inclusion...
27 June 2024
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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28 November 2025