All articles
Trending topics
- Gig workers and the regulation of platforms
- Collective agreement
- mind Exclusive
- hybrid work
- CSRD
- Managing the fallout of Covid-19
- EWC agreements and recast directive
- Artificial intelligence
- Corporate sustainability due diligence
- Gender equality
- Global Framework Agreements
- European Framework Agreement
- Skills
- Remote work regulations
- Older workers
Great Britain: Yorkshire Building Society introduces a more inclusive uniform for its employees
The UK’s third largest mutual financial institution, Yorkshire Building Society (YBS) has revealed that it has adopted a uniform that allows employees to mix and match their clothing choices...
Belgium: special temporary unemployment scheme introduced for energy-intensive companies
A new law in Belgium, published on 16 November in the country’s official gazette, introduces a temporary unemployment scheme for energy-intensive companies to help them cope with the current...
- HR
- News brief
21 November 2022
United Kingdom: minimum wage to rise sharply in 2023
The UK’s National Living Wage (NLW) – for those aged 23 and over – will increase by 9.7% from April 2023, rising from £9.50 (€10.95) per hour to £10.42...
21 November 2022
Italy: insurance sector hikes to pay to help workers cope with inflation
The new national collective agreement (CCNL) in Italy's insurance sector includes an average pay rise of €205 over three years and a €2,000 lump sum to account for the lack of recent wage...
21 November 2022
Germany: 8.5% pay rise and €3,000 “anti-inflation” bonus in metal sector
The social partners in the metal industry of the German state of Baden-Württemberg have struck an agreement on a two-part wage increase of 8.5% and a one-off tax-free bonus of €3,000, to take...
18 November 2022
Italy: benefits in kind to be tax-free up to €3,000 in 2022
The “Aiuti-Quater” decree, adopted by Italy’s Council of Ministers on 10 November to support companies and households amid rising inflation, significantly raises the upper limit...
- HR
- News brief
18 November 2022
France: final vote on the law that treats job abandonment as job resignation
On 17 November France’s Senate house voted in favour of draft legislation on emergency measures relating to the functioning of the labour market and the law is thus definitively adopted...
- HR
- News brief
17 November 2022
Laurent Berger (ETUC): “Trade unionism must demonstrate its usefulness”
Just ahead of the start of negotiations for a European framework agreement on telework, the president of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) Laurent Berger takes this opportunity to...
17 November 2022
Great Britain: launch of an index to evaluate corporate health oriented policies
On 15 November the UK employers’ organisation, the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) launched the Work Health Index (WHI). In a first, this unique tool, created with support from the NHS and...
17 November 2022
France: Société Générale addresses PSR prevention amid a period of unease at the soon to be merged bank
According to our information, on 10 November French bank Société Générale together with three trade unions reached an agreement on ‘quality of life and working conditions’. The text significantly...
16 November 2022
Italy: Crédit Agricole subsidiary in Italy extends optional paternity leave
On 26 October Crédit Agricole Italia together with the FABI, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions signed an agreement that provides for additional paternity leave. Thus in...
16 November 2022
Italy: Fincantieri focusing on diversity, inclusion,and employee well-being
At the heart of the new company agreement at the Trieste-based ship-builders Fincantieri are initiatives focusing on diversity, inclusion, and work-life balance. The agreement covers more than...
15 November 2022
Great Britain: KFC launches a programme to encourage the hiring of younger workers who are facing employment barriers
The KFC fast food chain is aiming that by 2030 a third of its new hires will comprise younger workers facing various employment barriers. To this end, the group, which employs 27,000 people in the...
15 November 2022
France: Allianz extends paid parental leave for staff
The French business of insurance giant Allianz announced in early November that it would increase the amount of paternity and maternity leave granted to its employees (12,000 in France) to five...
14 November 2022
Mexico: labour ministry seeks to bolster rights of digital platform workers
In August, collectives of digital platform workers in Mexico presented a manifesto to the country's labour ministry in a bid to have their labour and social protection rights recognised. The...
- HR
- News
14 November 2022
United Kingdom: Boots offers staff discounted childcare at nurseries
Boots, the UK pharmacy chain and health and beauty retailer, has unveiled a new partnership with the country’s leading nursery group Busy Bees. Under the agreement announced on 1 November...
14 November 2022
Our mind news
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
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
Spain: new terms and conditions for in-company training contracts
On 25 November, Spain's Council of Ministers approved a regulation on training contracts. This text defines the terms and conditions for hosting work-study students and interns doing professional...
1 December 2025
2
EU: Commission issues first recommendation on human capital as part of European Semester
In parallel with the European Semester adopted on 25 November, which proposes guidelines to member states on economic policies for the coming year, the European Commission has adopted an...
25 November 2025
3
France: sectors feel economic slowdown to differing degrees
The latest data on France’s occupational sectors (branches professionnelles), covering the year 2023, show how employment trends are shaping workplace dynamics. After a more favourable period for...
19 December 2025
4
Germany: apprenticeship openings fall sharply in manufacturing and chemicals
From 1 January 2026, Dutch collective agreements for temporary employment agencies will alter the employment conditions of temp workers. Agencies will be required to pay these workers at least the...
15 December 2025