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Germany: ruling confirms lower wages for temporary workers
Germany's Federal Labour Court (BAG) has rejected a complaint brought by a temporary warehouse worker at a major clothing retailer, who was seeking pay equal to that of her colleagues on permanent...
5 June 2023
France: scale-up Qonto supports growth push with mental health start-up moka.care
Since 2019, French financial services company Qonto has offered its staff access to mental health professionals, group prevention workshops and training for managers with the help of the start-up...
2 June 2023
Italy: government reaffirms opposition to minimum wage introduction
Responding in passing to the opposition’s call for a national minimum wage, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pointed to government efforts to boost workers’ purchasing power by...
2 June 2023
United Kingdom: government reiterates commitment to fostering salary transparency
In response to an open letter published by the recruitment platform Liberty Hive, which in January launched a campaign calling for a law requiring salary transparency on the part of companies, the...
2 June 2023
EU: Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive secure another step forward
On 01 June, MEPs voted by 366 to 225, to adopt the Wolters report on the European Commission’s proposal introducing corporate due diligence, in a version approximating the compromise reached...
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1 June 2023
Italy: Intesa Sanpaolo agreement has been signed on the four-day working week and hybrid working
The agreement signed between Intesa Sanpaolo and the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions augments measures Italy's leading bank has been implementing since January 2023. In...
1 June 2023
Great Britain: redundancy protection extended for expectant and new parents
On 24 May King Charles III signed the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill into law. Once in force, this legislation will afford pregnant women and new parents extended...
1 June 2023
In Berlin, the European Trade Union Confederation advocates for a four-day week
Combating the effects of inflation on wages, fighting for more collective agreements to be signed in all EU countries, but also pushing the option of a four-day working week. Such were the...
30 May 2023
Great Britain: Marks & Spencer introduces special neonatal leave for parents of babies requiring this specialist care
The iconic UK retailer chain’s Neonatal Paid Leave policy now means its 65,000 employees can take up to 12 weeks fully paid if their baby requires specialist neonatal care. In this way the group...
30 May 2023
France: Orano nuclear group commits to supporting gender transition, assisted human reproduction, and the fight against domestic violence
Via a four-agreement agreement signed by all the represented trade union bodies, French nuclear group Orano (12,000 headcount and a product of nuclear conglomerate Areva’s 2017 restructuring) has...
26 May 2023
Belgium: resignation notice periods capped at 13 weeks
A law dated 20 March 2023 and published on 28 April 2023 in the Moniteur belge (official journal) clarifies the rules applying to employee resignations. It specifies that a resignation notice...
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26 May 2023
Great Britain: union membership continues to fall in percentage and absolute terms
On 24 May the UK government published updated figures on trade union membership for the period 1995-2022, and according to which the proportion of union affiliated workers has fallen for the...
26 May 2023
Italy: Acea Group signs ‘People and Participation Charter’ MoU
Italian multi-utility provider Acea together with the trade union bodies has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) defining a new participatory people-centred industrial relations model. The...
25 May 2023
Argentina: Parliament examining text aimed at extending maternity and paternity leave
Argentina's Parliament has begun examining the government’s ambitious ‘Taking Care, Equally’ project that was presented in 2022 as part of its ‘comprehensive integrated system for Argentina’s care...
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25 May 2023
Corporate due diligence (part 2/2): no longer applying just to large French corporations
Since the start of 2023, corporate due diligence is no longer the preserve of the French statute books with German legislation now entering into force and discussions over the adoption of an EU...
24 May 2023
EU: European Agency for Health & Safety at Work publishes recommendations for coping with heatwaves
As the effects of climate change become more apparent, several economic sectors are increasingly having to cope with managing the steadily rising number and intensity of heat wave periods The...
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23 May 2023
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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 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