All articles
Trending topics
- Remote work regulations
- European Framework Agreement
- EWC agreements and recast directive
- Corporate sustainability due diligence
- Managing the fallout of Covid-19
- hybrid work
- Collective agreement
- Gender equality
- Skills
- Artificial intelligence
- Global Framework Agreements
- Older workers
- Gig workers and the regulation of platforms
- mind Exclusive
- CSRD
EU : permanent adoption of the revision of the EWC directive
Agriculture, which met today, April 23rd, adopted the draft revision of the EWC directive. The UK abstained. The directive will enter into force 20 days after publication in the Official Journal...
23 April 2009
EU: ECJ to determine at which stage the decision of the parent company sets off the obligation to consult workers
ed on April 22, Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi invited the European Court of Justice to start the employer’s obligation to inform and consult workers as soon as the parent company envisages...
23 April 2009
Great Britain: budget announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer doesn’t comfort the labor world
saved with these measures to support the economic says Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer. The budget he presented notably stresses young people’s employment and...
23 April 2009
United States: United Auto Workers negotiates carmakers’ recovery programs
ded to award an additional 5 billion dollars for General Motors and 500 million dollars for Chrysler. The two American carmakers, which had until March 31st to present “viability...
23 April 2009
Belgium: unprecedented negotiation failure in the metallurgy
The five claims of the MWB-Metal. The MWB-Metal, the metalworkers’ union in Wallonia-Brussels, came to the negotiating table with five claims: 1/ The application of the Interprofessional Agreement...
23 April 2009
France: Continental didn’t have to consult the EWC before the French staff representatives on closing the Clairoix site
The union organizations and staff representation bodies which went to court asked for the suspension of the consultation procedure as long as the EWC wasn’t informed or consulted in accordance...
22 April 2009
Italy: Ministry of Labor invites firms to a “moratorium on layoffs”
d industrialists to a “moratorium on layoffs” while respecting “self-discipline.” The union confederations Cisl and Uil agree. But the Confindustria and the CGIL prefer...
22 April 2009
EU: Dublin Foundation report on joint social partner structures and restructuring
e two options in Europe to help employees: the first encourages anticipation, the second corrective measures. The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin)...
22 April 2009
Mexico: mining company Grupo Mexico allowed to dismiss 1,300 strikers
ction to the largest mining group in the country in its struggle against workers on the Cananea site, on strike for 21 months. The company should be able to close the mine and dismiss the strikers...
22 April 2009
Spain: Audi awards the professional of the new Q3 to the Martorell factory near Barcelona
However, the battle was even more complicated with competition from other factories in Eastern Europe with much lower costs. There were talks about the factory of Bratislava in Slovakia, Gyor in...
22 April 2009
Great Britain: heads of businesses demand regulatory moratorium
Institute of Directors (IoD), CEOs and heads of businesses signed a petition asking the government to intensify its efforts in terms of deregulation. They say they are overwhelmed by new charges...
22 April 2009
EU: report recommends working time limits in aviation
Recommendations of the scientific report. Yet, according to the report published in January, to avoid fatigue for the crew and therefore risks for passengers:
21 April 2009
Belgium: business continuity act enforced on April 1
omic crisis, the government passed a royal decree on March 27, 2009 setting the enforcement of the on business continuity of January 31, 2009 to April 1. This law extends ailing businesses’...
21 April 2009
Poland: better regulation of internships soon
n Parliament provides for a new legal framework for internships for young graduates from secondary and higher education. This text is aimed at facilitating young people’s employability and...
21 April 2009
Finland: tough start for wage negotiations in the industry
Industries (employers, EK) and the Council of Finnish Industrial Unions (TP) split up, in late march, over a disagreement which predicts bumps in the road for the negotiations to take place within...
21 April 2009
Great Britain: unions and employers ask the government to compensate partial unemployment
, the government is going to publish its coming budget, the TUC, the British Chambers of Commerce an the EEF representing the industry, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and the Work...
21 April 2009
Our mind news
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
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
Most viewed articles of the month on mind HR
What readers clicked on the most last month.
What readers clicked on the most last month.
1
mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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
2
EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
3
Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
4
Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
5
France: government proposes suspending pension reform
French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu, reappointed on 10 October after resigning four days earlier, delivered his general policy speech to the National Assembly on 14 October. He announced the...
6
Germany: ‘active retirement’ law adopted to encourage seniors to remain in the workforce
On 15 October, Germany’s cabinet approved draft legislation on ‘active retirement‘, which is expected to pass swiftly through Parliament. The bill would allow people who continue...
20 October 2025