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Great Britain: UK Tesco staff offered virtual appointments with private general practitioners seven days per week
From July 2023, the UK supermarket giant’s new workplace well-being policy is offering its 310,000 employees access to online GP consultations 7 days a week (via video or telephone). Tesco...
11 July 2023
Portugal: incentives granted to companies hiring unemployed people aged 35 or under on permanent contracts
Portugal is to introduce a new financial incentive scheme to encourage companies to hire young, skilled people who are currently out of work, under a decree published on 3 July 2023. To qualify...
10 July 2023
Eramet establishes global social dialogue body, unprecedented in the mining industry
On 5 July, French multinational mining and metallurgy company Eramet announced the creation of the Eramet Global Forum, a global social dialogue body designed to support the group's...
7 July 2023
France: bill tabled to develop testing for employment discrimination
A group of MPs in the presidential majority have put forward a bill that seeks to make the processes for identifying and remedying employment discrimination more efficient. Tabled by the MPs...
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7 July 2023
Italy: final adoption of the Labour Law
Italy’s Parliament has converted the 01 May ‘Labour Decree’ into law. Amendments introduced during the parliamentary debate include in particular the refinancing of a number of measures designed...
6 July 2023
Lithuania: agreement secured to raise minimum wage by 10% from 01 January, 2024
On 28 June the government agreed to increase the minimum monthly wage by 10%, meaning that from 01 January 2024 the monthly minimum amount will rise from €840 to €924. This boost...
5 July 2023
EU: French MPs back ambitious due diligence directive
On 28 June, the French National Assembly’s European Affairs Committee adopted a ‘political opinion’ on the proposed EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, on the...
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4 July 2023
Ireland: right to caregiver leave comes into effect
The first part of the Work Life Balance Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 came into force on 03 July 2023. In line with what the executive detailed in 2022, every Irish employee can now take five...
4 July 2023
EU: several texts face uncertainty ahead of elections in Spain, which takes rotating presidency
Spain assumed the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July, ahead of an early general election in the country later this month. The result of the election remains...
United Kingdom: government plans reform of paternity leave
On 29 June, in its response to the consultation on Parental Leave and Pay, launched in 2019, the UK government indicated its intention to make changes to the country’s statutory paternity...
3 July 2023
CSR: survey results suggest employees feel their company is not doing enough
Although CSR is becoming an increasingly central topic along with ecological transition and European regulations, Corporate Social Responsibility is still struggling to take a foothold within...
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29 June 2023
Great Britain: electric goods retailer Currys is providing paid gender reassignment leave
On 26 June, UK white goods retailer Currys (32,000 staff worldwide and at least 10,000 in the UK) announced it was offering its UK employees undergoing gender reassignment, access to an additional...
Spain: new leave periods to facilitate better work-life balance
Le gouvernement a approuvé par décret d’application immédiate, le 27 juin, une série de nouveaux congés pour une meilleure conciliation de la vie...
28 June 2023
France: Renault invests in employee retraining initiatives in response to the scheduled demise for the internal combustion engine vehicle
In 2021 the French multinational automaker launched its ‘Refactory’ circular economy factory at its historic site in Flins, near Paris. Emblematic of the auto-sector’s transformation as a result...
28 June 2023
Société Générale to offer digitalisation related guarantees and social coverage to its employees worldwide
On 23 June, French banking group Société Générale renewed, for a second time, the global agreement on employee rights that it initially signed with UNI Global Union in 2015 and again in 2019 on...
27 June 2023
Netherlands: a Guide for handling reports of sexual harassment in the workplace
The Dutch government has published a “Guide to reporting sexually inappropriate behaviour in the workplace.” The aim is to help companies manage these types of situations. The handbook...
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27 June 2023
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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: Yves Rocher convicted of breach of duty of vigilance for infringement of freedom of association
The specialised chamber of the Paris Judicial Court convicted Yves Rocher on 12 March for breaching its duty of vigilance. The group was sued by Turkish employees dismissed in 2018 by a subsidiary...
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12 March 2026
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2026 TRENDS – CSR: A strategic asset for European companies?
mind HR is looking ahead at the trends set to shape 2026. Sustainability policy remains in flux after a year of CSR rollbacks across Europe. Companies are calling for greater predictability and...
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EU: Council approves omnibus directive on sustainability
On 24 February, two months after the European Parliament, the Council of the EU adopted the omnibus package amending the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate...
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24 February 2026
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Germany: a corporate group supports local political engagement via its “Democracy Charter”
Large corporations in the Hesse region, surrounding Frankfurt, are defending local democracy by enabling employees to volunteer in local public life through an initiative dubbed the "Democracy...
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EU: Council adopts position on simplifying AI rules
The Council of the EU approved its position on 13 March regarding the “omnibus regulation” proposal, published last November by the Commission to simplify the AI Act. Confirming the...
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20 March 2026
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United States: Coca-Cola subsidiary sued by the administration over women-only event
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on 18 February that it is launching federal proceedings against Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast for “sex-based...
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6 March 2026