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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
France: main coalitions put wages and pensions at centre of social programmes for the legislative elections
On 30 June and 7 July, the people of France will elect their MPs following Emmanuel Macron's dissolution of the National Assembly on 9 June. We have compared the programmes of the three main blocs...
26 June 2024
Norway: new list of occupational diseases proposed
On 21 June, the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion submitted for consultation a proposal for a new list of occupational diseases. It is based on an update from the National Institute of...
26 June 2024
France: first rulings by specialised chamber on duty of vigilance
On 18 June, the new chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal, focused on the duty of vigilance, ruled that legal actions brought against TotalEnergies and EDF were admissible. The first rulings on the...
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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
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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...
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12 March 2026
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2026 TRENDS – CSR: A strategic asset for European companies?
mind HR is looking ahead at the trends set to shape 2026. Sustainability policy remains in flux after a year of CSR rollbacks across Europe. Companies are calling for greater predictability and...
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EU: Council approves omnibus directive on sustainability
On 24 February, two months after the European Parliament, the Council of the EU adopted the omnibus package amending the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate...
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24 February 2026
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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...
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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...
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6 March 2026
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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...
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20 March 2026