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EU: step towards mandatory training for managers in detecting sexual harassment at work
On 6 February, EU member states and the European Parliament reached a political agreement on the proposed directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence. The text is intended...
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7 February 2024
Mexico: government wants to guarantee minimum wage rises above inflation
On 5 February, president Andrés Manuel López Obrador proposed that the adjustment of minimum wage increases should be a constitutional provision. This measure was announced as part...
6 February 2024
Société Générale and Deutsche Bank announce redundancy plans
European banks are tightening their belts. Firstly, French banking group Société Générale announced on 5 February the elimination of around 900 head office positions...
6 February 2024
Rémi Boyer (Clariane): “Certification is a management tool that enables the whole group to progress” (interview)
Clariane (formerly Korian) was certified as a 'Top Employer' at European level on 17 January 2024. Although the French retirement home company is regularly criticised for its working conditions...
5 February 2024
Peru: bill seeks to raise retirement age to 75
On 18 January, the Peruvian congress approved a bill to raise the retirement age from 70 to 75 at the request of the employee. The bill stipulates that this request must be made before the...
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5 February 2024
EU: worker protections in AI Act text relaxed
The Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Member States (COREPER) today approved the compromise reached in trilogue talks on 9 December on the draft “AI Act” regulation. The...
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2 February 2024
Italy: aerospace and defence group Leonardo trials shorter working hours
An agreement signed by Leonardo with the FIOM-Cgil, FIM-Cisl and UILM trade unions paves the way for a reduction in working hours of 12 hours a month without any reduction in pay for technical and...
2 February 2024
United Kingdoms: employers divided between returning to the office and maintaining telework
While consultant EY is now monitoring its employees' badges to check that they are sticking to their set working days at the office, a study by arbitration service Acas shows that 30% of the...
2 February 2024
France: insurer Maif takes broad view of diversity
On 22 December, the mutual insurance group signed a three-year diversity, equity and inclusion agreement with the four representative trade unions, with the aim of "ensuring equal opportunities...
1 February 2024
Germany: social partners take stand against the far right and in favour of immigration
Several employer and trade union organisations are mobilising against the rise of the far-right AfD party. The party plans to bring immigration to a halt if elected, at a time when the shortage of...
1 February 2024
EU: social partners meet at summit to revive social dialogue
Almost 40 years after the first summit in Val Duchesse, Belgium, the social partners met at the same venue, on 31 January, under the aegis of the European Commission and the Belgian Presidency of...
31 January 2024
Spain: government seeks end to involuntary early retirement
Spain's government and the social partners want to find solutions to prevent early retirement and encourage people to stay in work for longer. The planned measures include support schemes to...
China: Supreme People’s Court reminds employers of their duties when it comes to wage arrears
On Thursday 25 January, China's highest court, the Ministry of Human Resources and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions jointly published a series of 13 "model cases" involving disputes over...
30 January 2024
[mind RH study] EU: minimum wage increases outstrip inflation in most countries
On 1 January, the average annual increase in the minimum wage level in the 22 European Union member states with legal minimum wages was almost 11%. Although inflation slowed in all these countries...
29 January 2024
EU: Council wants to give Commission a central role in combatting import of products made with forced labour
Following in the footsteps of MEPs, the Council of the European Union has now endorsed the draft regulation aimed at banning the import of products made with forced labour. The negotiating mandate...
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29 January 2024
Spain: shift towards a 37.5-hour working week
Spain's ministry of labour has opened negotiations with the social partners to move towards a gradual reduction in working hours. The aim is to reduce the current 40-hour working week to 38.5...
29 January 2024
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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: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Italy: Crédit Agricole introduces a handbook on managerial behaviour
The document adopted in mid-July by Crédit Agricole Italia and the main banking trade unions goes beyond the proper use of meetings and emails. This six-point handbook aims to foster constructive...
3 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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Slovakia: 6% increase in the minimum wage from 1 January 2027
The news. As Slovakia’s social partners failed to reach an agreement during tripartite negotiations, Labour Minister Erik Tomas has decided to increase the minimum wage by 6% from 1 January...
1 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026