Flora Genoux
Freelance
Most read articles by Flora Genoux
Veolia Environnement structure son dialogue social au niveau du groupe
L'accord instituant un CE européen prévoit une échelon intermédiaire de dialogue social au niveau des pays.
9 December 2005
Projet de mise en place d’un cadre optionnel pour les accords collectifs transnationaux.
L’agenda social 2005-2010, adopté par la Commission européenne, le 9 février 2005, prévoyait en effet l’idée de créer un cadre européen optionnel pour la négociation collective transnationale...
9 December 2005
Adoption du règlement créant un fonds pour aider les salariés victimes de la mondialisation
La proposition de règlement créant le fonds européen d'ajustement à la mondialisation (European Globalisation adjustment Fund - EGF) précise les critères d'éligibilité à une intervention du fonds...
9 December 2005
Regulation creating European Globalization adjustment fund is adopted
Helping employees, not companies (Article 1): for the Commission, the creation of this fund must make it possible to answer, at the European level, employees’ needs, given the consequences of...
9 December 2005
Le retour à l’emploi des seniors ne justifie pas de conclure des CDD sans limite
La Cour de justice des Communautés européennes a jugé contraire au droit communautaire une loi allemande qui autorisait, sans restriction, au nom de la lutte contre le chômage, la conclusion de...
12 December 2005
Latest articles by Flora Genoux
Argentina: Milei outlines main points of planned labour reform
Argentina’s libertarian president, Javier Milei, unveiled his labour reform plans on 10 October during a visit to a metal processing plant in San Nicolás, around 230 kilometres from...
- HR
- News brief
21 October 2025
Mexico: bill tabled to allow donation of leave to colleagues
Left-wing Mexican MP Carina Piceno Navarro presented a bill on 9 September to allow employees of the same company to donate leave days to colleagues. This donation, which must be made anonymously...
- HR
- News brief
18 September 2025
Mexico: President Claudia Sheinbaum confirms plan to raise the minimum wage
The minimum wage in Mexico must be raised annually over the next few years to represent 2.5 basic baskets (a set of products and services considered essential for the survival and well-being of a...
1 September 2025
Argentina: court blocks decree restricting the right to strike
On 2 June, a first instance judge blocked a decree that severely restricts the right to strike in Argentina. Article three of the presidential decree, published on 21 May, has been suspended on a...
4 June 2025
Argentina: government restricts right to strike
A decree published on 21 May by the Argentine government classifies a range activities as essential. As a result, they will have to provide a 75% minimum service in the event of a strike. The CGT...
- HR
- News
26 May 2025
Colombia: a decree to protect people who report sexual harassment at work
On 1 April 2025, the Colombian government published a decree aimed at protecting people who report sexual harassment at work to an administrative or judicial authority and at punishing employers...
13 May 2025
Chile: government and trade unions reach agreement on minimum wage rise
On 30 April, the Chilean government announced that it had struck an agreement with the country's main trade union organisation, the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores, on an increase in the minimum...
7 May 2025
Mexico: working week to be gradually cut to 40 hours
On Thursday 1 May, the Mexican government announced a gradual reduction of the working week to 40 hours, down from the current 48 hours. According to the country’s leftwing president Claudia...
6 May 2025
Argentina: government ends compulsory contributions paid to employer organisations
On 5 March, the Argentinian government published a decree banning clauses included in collective agreements that impose compulsory contributions on companies to fund employer organisations, even...
13 March 2025
Chile: employers will have to contribute to employee pensions
At the end of January, Chile approved a pension reform introducing a major change: employers must now contribute 8.5% of their employees’ salaries to the pension scheme. The new law also provides...
Argentina: views diverge on potential pension reform
The director of Argentina's social security agency is proposing a reform of the pension system before the end of the year, including an increase in the legal retirement age. The president is...
Argentina: minimum wage to rise gradually in 2025
In the absence of agreement within the National Council for Employment, Productivity, and the Adjustable Minimum Living Wage – a body comprising representatives of employers, trade unions...
6 January 2025
What you absolutely must read this week
The essential content of the week selected by the editorial team.
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
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
Carrefour and UNI Global Union renew global agreement on promoting social dialogue and diversity
On 17 October, Carrefour, one of the world’s largest retailers, with nearly 500,000 employees worldwide, and global union federation UNI Global Union renewed their global agreement on...
3 November 2025
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
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
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
2
EU: omnibus bill stalls in parliament
On 22 October, members of the European Parliament narrowly voted against a negotiating mandate that would have opened trilogue talks on the omnibus directive, which seeks to dilute the corporate...
- HR
- CSR
- News brief
23 October 2025
3
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
4
EU: Omnibus Directive clears key milestone in European Parliament
On 13 October, the European Parliament’s position on the Omnibus Directive was approved by its Committee on Legal Affairs by 17 votes to six. Regarding due diligence rules, the report...
- HR
- CSR
- News brief
13 October 2025
5
France: generative AI and older workers central to BPCE’s skills management strategy
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
6
Belgium: social partners sign agreement on end-of-career schemes
Brought together in the National Labour Council (CNT), the Belgian social partners reached an agreement on 21 October on the end-of-career scheme, putting an end to several months of negotiations...
- HR
- CSR
- News brief
23 October 2025