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Romania: minimum wage to increase from 1 October
On 12 September, Romanian finance minister Marcel-Ioan Boloș announced an increase in the gross monthly minimum wage, taking effect from 1 October. This figure will increase from 3,000 lei...
15 September 2023
Great Britain: companies urged to get involved in suicide prevention
On 11 September 2023 the UK executive published its ‘Suicide prevention strategy for England: 2023 to 2028’ policy paper, at a time when Scotland, Wales, and Ireland already have their...
14 September 2023
Luxembourg: introduction of new family leave periods for employees
During the summer 2023 two laws were published in Luxembourg's Official Gazette aimed at facilitating employees’ work-life balance. Specifically, two new leave entitlements for employees assisting...
14 September 2023
France: Cour de cassation brings French law into line with European law as regards paid leave entitlements
France’s highest court has just corrected a legislative difference vis-à-vis European law where French employees’ entitlement to paid leave following 12 months of accident at work or...
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14 September 2023
France: Leroy Merlin ‘named and shamed’ for discriminating against same-sex couple
Following a complaint lodged by a same sex male couple who found their working hours had been altered when Leroy Merlin, the home improvement and gardening retailer learned of their relationship...
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13 September 2023
Germany: government seeks to promote the use of AI in the world of work
In Munich on 12 September 2023, Germany’s Federal Minister of Labour Hubertus Heil (SDP) launched the first ‘AI Studios’ project at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering and...
13 September 2023
Great Britain: TUC turns to the ILO to challenge UK’s Minimum Service Levels requirement during strike action
En plein congrès annuel, la confédération syndicale TUC a annoncé le dépôt d'une réclamation devant l'Organisation Internationale du Travail (OIT) contre la loi imposant un service minimum.
12 September 2023
Romania: parents can now benefit from additional days of remote/teleworking
Law 241/2023 of 20 July 2023 grants parents of children up to the age of 11 the opportunity of 4 additional days of ‘working from home’ or teleworking per month, provided that the...
12 September 2023
EU: European Parliament seeks to improve protection of workers from lead exposure
After taking similar action over asbestos, the European Union is now looking to boost the protection of workers from lead. Many workers are still exposed to this reprotoxic substance, which is...
11 September 2023
Spain: AI assumes greater prominence in collective bargaining
Trade unions in Spain are working actively to develop employees' right to information as regards the use of artificial intelligence, with the aim of incorporating this into collective agreements...
11 September 2023
Italy: active reflection addressing the minimum wage
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has entrusted the Consiglio Nazionale dell'Economia e del Lavoro (National Council for Economics and Labour, CNEL) with the task of reflecting on the...
8 September 2023
Great Britain: Tesco supermarket offers to equip its employees with body cameras
UK supermarket giant Tesco (300,000 employees) is offering to equip every frontline shop worker with a body camera in a bid to counter the sharp rise in physical assaults perpetrated by customers...
8 September 2023
Great Britain: consultation launched on the employment of those with disabilities
Open until 30 October, the government-launched consultation is designed to enable the government to gather views from a wide group of citizens, especially those with disabilities as well as...
7 September 2023
Germany: Bosch launches the ‘My Bosch App’ to better include and involve production employees
The German multinational engineering and technology company has launched an in-house mobile app that can be downloaded onto employees’ personal smartphones. The aim is to include and involve the...
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7 September 2023
India: a more flexible data protection law than Europe’s GDPR
India's Personal Data Protection Act provides for certain situations where it is not mandatory to have secured an individual’s explicit consent before using that person’s personal data. While this...
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7 September 2023
Luxembourg: new legislation now in force in a bid to remedy skilled labour shortages
New legislation came into force on 01 September 2023 that seeks to simplify the hiring of third-country nationals in order to support employers looking for skilled employees. Luxembourg is...
6 September 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: 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