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Australia: gender pay gap in companies with over 100 employees to be made public
On 08 February 2023, the government presented a text to the Senate proposing the mandatory publication of gender equality data by businesses with more than 100 staff. Thus, from 2024 onwards, the...
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15 February 2023
Poland: employers allowed to carry out sobriety checks (drugs and alcohol)
The new regulation allowing employers to carry out ‘preventive, one-off sobriety tests’ on employees comes into force on 21 February 2023. Tests will be able to verify the presence of...
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15 February 2023
Belgium: bicycle allowance extended to all private companies
All Belgian private sector companies can now grant a mileage allowance to their employees who cycle to work and apply for it by 01 May 2023, at the latest. While the allowance amount is not fixed...
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14 February 2023
Great Britain: McDonald’s commits to ending sexual harassment
With complaints against the fast-food chain for sexual harassment multiplying in recent years around the world, McDonald's has just signed a legally binding agreement with the Equality and Human...
14 February 2023
Norway: government restricts use of temporary work
With effect from 1 April 2023, companies in Norway will – in the main – only be able to hire staff through a temporary employment agency to replace one or more people on a temporary basis. The...
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13 February 2023
China: the four-and-a-half-day week at Leshi, a model for the future?
Since 1 January 2023, the 400 employees of Leshi Internet Information & Technology Corp, a video streaming platform founded in 2011, have been able to work a four-and-a-half-day week without...
13 February 2023
Italy: Enel boosts parental leave policy and plans recruitment for distribution network
Enel, the Italian state-controlled energy group, has signed two agreements in quick succession with the Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl and Uiltec trade unions. The first of those deals, applicable at...
10 February 2023
United Kingdom: companies reluctant to hire over-50s (survey)
Research conducted by the Chartered Management Institute, which surveyed more than 1,000 managers in the UK, found that only 42% would be open to recruiting people aged between 50 and 64. For...
10 February 2023
France: Michelin includes a sustainable mobility section in its quality of life at work policy
At the start of January 2023, management at the French multinational tyre manufacturing and mobility group together with all the trade union bodies company signed the quality of life at work...
9 February 2023
New Zealand: minimum wage increase from 1 April
On 08 February 2023 Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announced that the minimum wage would be increased by 7.08% (NZ$1.50) from 01 April 2023, saying that the impact on inflation would be...
9 February 2023
Great Britain: towards a right for a degree of control over working patterns
On 03 February 2023, the UK government announced its support for the Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill. Championed by Conservative MP Scott Benton, the bill, currently being debated...
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9 February 2023
France: Altereo banking on the four-and-a-half day week to attract talent
La société de conseil et d’ingénierie de l’eau propose désormais à ses collaborateurs de travailler 38 heures sur quatre jours et demi par semaine. En leur permettant de mieux gérer leur équilibre...
8 February 2023
Denmark: government plan to eliminate a public holiday sparks trade union ire
On 02 February 2023 the Danish Parliament discussed the government’s plan to abolish a public holiday in order to increase defence spending following the conflict in Ukraine. With this plan...
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8 February 2023
Brazil: employers have until 21 March 2023 to comply with new sexual harassment law
Over the past five years, the number of sexual harassment complaints lodged with the Public Ministry of Labour (MPT) has increased by 63.7%. In order to combat and prevent this practice, which...
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7 February 2023
Portugal: three-day sick leave can be self-declared
Portuguese workers will be able to take a three-day sick leave period without having to obtain a certificate from a doctor. All that is required is that the employee reports the illness online...
7 February 2023
EU: European Parliament seeks strict framework for digital platforms’ algorithms
At a time when European member states remain divided over the status of platform workers, the European Parliament is favouring a tightening of regulation in the area, by further bolstering the...
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6 February 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 proposes loosening of AI regulations
On 19 November, the European Commission published a proposal for an omnibus regulation aimed at simplifying the AI Act in order to ‘ensure the swift, smooth and proportionate implementation’ of...
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EU: list of new CSRD reporting standards finalised
On 4 December, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) presented the revised list of reporting indicators under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which...
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EU: co-legislators strike agreement on Omnibus Directive
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an agreement on the night of 8 December on the weakening of the directives on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD) and corporate...
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EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...
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Italy: three executives from luxury goods group Tod’s investigated over worker exploitation
Italian authorities are once again turning their attention to working conditions in the luxury goods supply chain. On 20 November, the Milan public prosecutor charged three senior executives of...
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28 November 2025
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Fashion brands accused of violating trade union freedoms in Asia
On 27 November, Amnesty International released a report denouncing widespread violations of trade union freedoms in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka by both governments and suppliers to...
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28 November 2025