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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...
Poland: trade unions will soon be able to question employers about the use of AI
On 11 June, the government submitted a bill to parliament aimed at amending the law on trade unions. The aim of this text is to adapt national legislation to the development of new technologies...
25 June 2024
Mexico: employers violating law on working hours face up to 12 years in prison
A decree published in Mexico’s official gazette on 6 July imposes severe penalties on employers who breach the legal working hours. In Mexico, this is 48 hours a week and eight hours a day...
24 June 2024
France: Randstad group commits to stepping up recruitment of disabled employees
On 14 May, the Randstad France employment and temporary work group (15,000 employees) signed a new three-year agreement with its social partners (CFE-CGC, CFTC and CGT) on the employment of...
24 June 2024
EU: Hungary unveils social programme before taking over Council Presidency
Hungary will take over the Presidency of the Council of the EU on 1 July 2024 for six months. While Belgium had invested a great deal of effort in bringing to fruition directives rejected by...
21 June 2024
HR managers overwhelmed by managing emergencies (survey)
While HR managers are generally satisfied with their quality of life at work, they nevertheless complain that they spend a lot of time managing day-to-day issues. The international study...
21 June 2024
How Engie is anticipating its global skill needs three years ahead of time
In 2023, French energy giant Engie launched a global programme to pre-empt its skill needs for the following three years. After surveying each of its global business units, Engie has set up a...
20 June 2024
France: European Commission recommends better response to skills shortages in green professions
For the first time this year, the European Commission’s country-specific recommendations, sent out as part of the European Semester (coordination of member states’ economic and...
20 June 2024
EU: Sweden first to launch transposition of pay transparency directive
On 29 May, the Swedish government published a report on the implementation of the Pay Transparency Directive, which must be transposed by EU member states by 7 June 2026. The text, which is the...
19 June 2024
Poland: minimum wage to rise by at least 7.6% on 1 January 2025
On 13 June, the Council of Ministers approved a minimum wage rise of 7.6% from 1 January 2025, which would raise the level from PLN 4,300 to PLN 4,626 gross per month (or from €990 to...
19 June 2024
Poland: labour law excluded from scope of new whistleblower legislation
On 14 June, after a delay of two and a half years, the Polish parliament adopted the bill on the protection of whistleblowers. However, the text, which had been approved by the government, was...
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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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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Italy: artificial Intelligence on the menu of Barilla’s new company agreement
Prior consultation with trade unions on innovations related to artificial intelligence, strengthened training, and progress on parenthood: these are the main new features of the agreement signed...
2 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026