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Mexico: new teleworking regulation to come into force in December 2023
In June 2023 Mexico’s Labour Ministry (STPS) published a new regulation on working from home that guarantees the rights of teleworking employees. The text comes into force in December 2023 and...
15 June 2023
EU: ETUC presents its 2023-2027 action programme
With its new leadership team in place, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has presented its action programme for its 2023-2027 mandate that hinges centrally on the concept of a...
14 June 2023
Great Britain: building materials group Tarmac adds another element to its ongoing policy of supporting women in work
On 09 June, Tarmac announced that going forward it would be providing free period care products to all its female UK employees. This move is part of an overall policy to support and include women...
14 June 2023
Spain: putting legislation in place that regulates trainee status in companies in a bid to prevent fraud
Spain’s Ministry of Labour and the trade unions have together agreed to establish a separate legal status for company trainee workers. The aim of the text that is due to go to Parliament for...
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13 June 2023
Four-day working week project starts in Brazil and ramps up in Portugal
Already tested in a dozen countries, the four-day working week is now being introduced in Brazil, where it will be rolled out during Q3 2023. Employees in pilot companies will be able to work at...
13 June 2023
EU: Council adopts position proposing highly flexible presumption of salaried status for platform workers
As we previously reported, the Council of the European Union has opted to go against the European Parliament on the matter of platform work. At the second Employment, Social Policy, Health and...
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12 June 2023
Belgium: government discusses pension ‘bonus’ to incentivise longer careers
Since striking their coalition agreement, Belgium’s governing parties have been keen to introduce a financial incentive to encourage employees who wish to do so to extend their working lives...
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12 June 2023
Cross-border employees in Europe may work up to 49.9% of their hours remotely
The framework agreement on the social security arrangements applicable to cross-border telework within the EU, the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland will come into force on 1 July 2023...
12 June 2023
United Kingdom: Aon creates carers’ leave allowance
Aon, the UK-headquartered insurance broker, provider of reinsurance and human capital consulting organisation, announced on 7 June the launch of a carers’ leave policy, which will allow its 6,000...
9 June 2023
EU: Council set to unravel presumption of salaried status for platform workers
European Union labour ministers are to meet on 12 June, under the Swedish presidency of the Council of the EU, to adopt their position on the proposed directive on platform work. Should a position...
9 June 2023
EU: Member States minimum wage increases slowing down
Despite stubbornly high inflation, only three European Union Member States have raised their minimum wages since the start of 2023. Over the space of a year however, minimum wage levels have risen...
8 June 2023
Great Britain: BCC launches a new national employers’ organisation
On 05 June and amid a series of scandals and allegations over an abusive corporate culture and senior management misconduct (including sexual harassment, assault, and rape) at the CBI...
8 June 2023
USA: Nvidia group including menopause treatment in its employee health package
Since the start of 2023 the US leader in computer graphics has been offering targeted support for staff with menopause symptoms via access to the Peppy Health online platform. This represents a...
7 June 2023
Great Britain: Amazon UK offering employees employment contracts that are adapted to the school term time calendar
Called ‘Term-time contracts’, these employment contracts mean UK staff (75,000) do not work during their children’s school holidays. This new arrangement is currently only available for staff at...
7 June 2023
Germany: pioneering employee mental health project at mutual insurance group DEVK Versicherungen
‘Mental health: stop the taboo’ is the title of the corporate health management (CHM) project that the German mutual insurance group DEVK Versicherungen implemented in 2022, earning it a...
6 June 2023
Chile: further gradual increase in minimum wage
In a bid to keep up with inflation, Chile’s parliament has adopted legislation for the minimum wage to rise +22% by 01 July 2024. The increase will be applied progressively and retroactively and...
6 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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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Italy: artificial Intelligence on the menu of Barilla’s new company agreement
Prior consultation with trade unions on innovations related to artificial intelligence, strengthened training, and progress on parenthood: these are the main new features of the agreement signed...
2 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026