All articles
Trending topics
- Remote work regulations
- Corporate sustainability due diligence
- Skills
- hybrid work
- Gender equality
- Artificial intelligence
- CSRD
- Older workers
- Collective agreement
- Managing the fallout of Covid-19
- EWC agreements and recast directive
- mind Exclusive
- European Framework Agreement
- Global Framework Agreements
- Gig workers and the regulation of platforms
Netherlands: back to 40 hours a week ?
Jan Laurens Brinkhorst, the Minister of Economy, declared on June 26 in the newspaper De Volkskrant that Dutch workers must "work again forty hours a week". (Ref. 06658)
27 June 2006
Netherlands: agreement on the restructuring of Nedcar
Confronted to trade unions' protests, Nedcar, owned at 100% by the Japanese group Mitsubishi, has reached an agreement on the restructuring : no dismissal will take place before April 2007. (Ref...
27 June 2006
Hungary : Vodafone condemned for invasion of privacy of its employees
Vodafone's practive consisting in watching its employees 24 hours a day was the subject of a first legal proceeding condemnation, by a Hungarian jurisdiction (Ref. 06659)
27 June 2006
Spain: bill on gender equality is adopted by the government
The Council of Ministers approved, last June 23, the bill on gender equality. The draft law contains a series of measures including the lengthening of the paternity leave, the negotiation of...
27 June 2006
Great Britain: extension of parental paid leaves
The Work and Family Bill, which received the royal assent on June 21 and will come into effect on April 1, 2007, introduced new rights as regards parental leaves, but is not as ambitious as...
27 June 2006
Arcelor: European works council worries about the merger with Mittal
Following the announcement of the merger with Mittal, members of the European WC of Arcelor told e-europnews their fears concerning employment in spite of the commitments made by management Monday...
26 June 2006
Transnational negociation : the European federation of Metallurgy adopts a negociation procedure
As the assistant secretary of the European Metallurgy federation (EMF) has announced (see our articlen°06493), Bart Samyn, the executive comitee of the EMF has adopted, on June 14th, an « EMF...
26 June 2006
Belgium : introduction of teleworking in the civil service
The Council of ministers adopted on June 22nd, a bill of royal order relating to teleworking in the federal aministrative civil service. This bill aims at clarifying the modes of teleworking in...
26 June 2006
Belgium : reinforcement of the social contributions’ reduction for the taking on of an employee dismissed in the framework of a restructuring
The Council of ministers approved, on June 22nd, a bill of royal order aiming at promulgating the taking on of workers dismissed in the framework of restructurings. The aim is to reinforce the cut...
26 June 2006
Netherlands: the government wants to encourage work after the retirement age
Even if most employees do not want to work up to 65 years old (see our article of June 21), the government wants to encourage those who do not want to stop their career at the official retirement...
26 June 2006
Germany: Volkswagen wants to use its subsidiary company Auto 5000 as an example during negotiations with IG-Metall
To cleanse his mark VW, the German car manufacturer Volkswagen wishes to extend to its West German factories the “5000X5000"model , already used in its subsidiary company Auto 5000 GMBH. In this...
26 June 2006
Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for the Steel Industry to be launched
On 21 June 2006, the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) and the European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries (Eurofer) will get together in order to create a European Social Dialogue...
26 June 2006
Lego: no layoff in Denmark before 2007
The manufacturer of Danish toys announced, Tuesday June 20, the relocation of a great part of its production to Eastern Europe and Mexico. This is the last stage of a reorganization plan launched...
23 June 2006
Pretexting a test, Vodafone Hungary supervised its employees illegally
The employees sued their employer for the attack on their private life. The court's judgement on this case is expected today. (Réf. 06648)
23 June 2006
Nestle: Spanish trade unions worry about the transfer of undertakings
The merger project between the dairy product activities of Nestle and Lactalis, which should be accompanied by staff transfers, is worrying Spanish employees concerned by this project. Trade...
23 June 2006
Great Britain: Tony Blair wishes to modify the legislation in favour of asbestos victims
Following a recent judgement in appeal, unfavourable to victims and widows of asbestos, the Prime Minister announced his intention to amend the Compensation Bill in order to thwart the risk of...
23 June 2006
Our mind news
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
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
Most viewed articles of the month on mind HR
What readers clicked on the most last month.
What readers clicked on the most last month.
1
Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
4 November 2025
2
Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
Spain is preparing for the implementation of its national law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which will take effect on 7 June 2026. The legislation marks another step forward in...
5 November 2025
3
Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
4 November 2025
4
mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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
5
Italy: European pay transparency directive, a major step forward for businesses
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
6
Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025