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Axa launches global social protection base, extending its employee health policy
On 3 October 2023, French insurance group Axa announced the launch of the "We Care" programme. The company promises that, by the end of 2024, all 110,000 Axa employees will have access to support...
5 October 2023
EU: ETUC rejects employers’ proposal to negotiate framework agreement on European Works Councils
Following Ursula von der Leyen's pledge in her investiture speech, the European Commission has taken up the transpartisan initiative report aimed at strengthening European Works Councils. A...
4 October 2023
EU: Parliament bolsters rules to protect workers from asbestos
On 5 October, MEPs approved the directive seeking to boost protection of workers against the risks of exposure to asbestos with a very large majority (614 votes in favour, two against and four...
How Cartier is equipping its HR teams with people analytics skills
To optimise the use of its human resources data and its impact on the business, the French jeweller created a People Analytics department in 2021. Using the Visier tool, which is used by both its...
Germany: Lufthansa Technik (re)hires its experienced employees
The Senior Experts@LHT programme, launched in July 2023 by Lufthansa Technik, the maintenance subsidiary of the German airline group Lufthansa Group, seeks to prolong the working life of employees...
Croatia: minimum wage to rise in 2024
The Croatian government has announced a €100 increase in the gross minimum wage, which will rise from €700 to €800 on 1 January 2024, marking a 14.28% hike, the largest since 2008...
3 October 2023
EU: second phase of consultation with social partners on traineeships launched
On Thursday 28 September, the European Commission launched the second phase of the consultation with social partners to update the framework for traineeships. Almost two million people were paid...
2 October 2023
United Kingdom: CIPD issues guide to promote inclusion of transgender employees
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the trade association for human resource management professionals, recently published a guide on equality, diversity and inclusion of...
2 October 2023
United Kingdom: minimum wage to rise from April 2024
UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt is to announce today an increase in the national living wage – effective from 1 April 2024 – at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. The figure...
Great Britain: Tesco introduces paid leave for employees who are legal guardians
On 26 September 2023, the UK supermarket giant announced the introduction of a new category of leave for employees who are taking care of relatives’ children and for whom they are the legal...
28 September 2023
Argentina: minimum wage increases again in response to hyperinflation
Argentina’s government has announced a further increase in the national ‘minimum, living and mobile wage.’ In December 2023, it will rise a further 32% from the current...
28 September 2023
France: the government sets about tackling the escalation in sick leave
Presented on 27 September 2023, the Social Security Financing Bill 2024 provides the government with an opportunity to tighten controls over sick leave, alongside which the executive is also...
27 September 2023
Belgium: leave period entitlement maintained in the event of illness during holidays
The law of 17 July 2023, published in the Moniteur belge (Official Gazette) on 31 July 2023 applies the provisions of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and CJEU jurisprudence, which require...
27 September 2023
Poland: a new list of prohibited occupations for minors
As of 30 September 2023, a new list of prohibited occupations for minors aged over 15 but under 18 will come into force. Employers will not be allowed to request minors (aged 15-18) to perform...
27 September 2023
Greece: employees may work up to 13 hours a day and 74 hours a week
Despite fervent protest Greece’s Conservative government has just passed a reform to Labour Code, ratifying a broad flexibilization of working hours. The text also transposes the European...
26 September 2023
Italy: employees must have access to all their personal data
In a case brought by an employee after having been laid-off, the ‘Garante per la protezione dei dati personali’ (GPDP), the Italian data protection authority, has ruled that employees are entitled...
26 September 2023
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EU: Commission launches consultation with social partners on quality jobs
On 4 December, the European Commission launched the first phase of consultation with social partners with a view to a European directive on jobs, which is scheduled for the end of 2026. It could...
4 December 2025
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EDF bans alcohol on all its sites
From 1 January 2026, French energy giant EDF (180,000 employees) will prohibit alcohol consumption at all internal and external corporate events, from social gatherings to seminars. The policy...
26 November 2025
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United Kingdom: government scraps plan to introduce ‘day one’ protection against unfair dismissal
The UK government announced on 27 November, in a statement, that it would not be introducing the right to challenge unfair dismissal (without cause) from the first day of employment in its...
3 December 2025
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Poland: bill adopted to amend definition of psychological harassment
On 27 November, the Polish cabinet adopted a draft amendment to the labour code aimed at simplifying the definition of psychological harassment at work, or “mobbing” (Article 94 3)...
4 December 2025
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EU: MEPs demand directive on algorithmic management
Members of the European Parliament have called for a directive on algorithmic management. Such legislation would introduce obligations for companies to inform employees, assess health and safety...
17 December 2025
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Austria: European rules on wage transparency expected to cause a cultural shock
With the gender pay gap in Austria being the second largest in the European Union (18.3%), the Austrian government has promised to introduce a bill next spring to transpose the European directive...
27 November 2025