Hélène Martinelli

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Italy: Loro Piana (LVMH) placed under court administration over worker exploitation in its subcontracting chain

Loro Piana, a historic Italian luxury brand best known for its fine wools, now controlled by LVMH, has been placed under judicial administration for one year for failing to verify working...

23 July 2025

Italy: new rights for employees with serious illnesses

On 8 July, the Italian Senate definitively adopted a bill creating a new leave allowance for workers with cancer, disabling illnesses (with a minimum disability threshold of 74%) and chronic...

22 July 2025

Italy: social partners sign protocol to limit climate risks at work

Italy’s main employee and trade union organisations signed a protocol 2 July, in the midst of a heatwave, to set out measures to protect workers in the event of a climate emergency...

8 July 2025

Italy: Stellantis employees get 6.6% pay rise in 2025-2026

On 6 June, Stellantis, Ferrari, Iveco (commercial vehicles and heavy goods vehicles) and CNHI (agricultural machinery) signed an agreement with the FIM-Cisl, UILM, Fismic, UGL and AQCF trade...

13 June 2025

Italy: collective agreement for gas and water sector launches new joint initiatives

On 8 May, employer and trade union organisations in Italy's gas and water sector penned a deal to renew the sector's collective agreement, which covers around 50,000 employees in nearly 600...

22 May 2025

Italy: law allows workers to participate in company management and capital

The Italian law on worker participation, which was finally approved on 14 May, allows employee representatives to sit on company supervisory boards or boards of directors. It also establishes tax...

21 May 2025

Italy: energy and oil sector creates new joint structures to manage transformations

On 16 April, the employers' organisation Confindustria Energia and the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec trade unions signed an agreement renewing the national collective agreement for the...

19 May 2025

Italy: digital and ecological transition central to chemical and pharmaceutical industry collective agreement

On 15 April, the Federchimica and Farmindustria employers' organisations and the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec trade unions signed the renewal of the collective agreement for the chemical...

14 May 2025

Italy: collective agreement reached in construction industry on worker safety

On 21 February, the ANCE and COOP business organisations and the Feneal-UIL, Filca-CISL and Fillea-CGIL trade unions signed a deal to renew the collective agreement for the construction industry...

7 March 2025

Italy: electricity sector makes AI a new topic of social dialogue

On 11 February, the employers' organisations Elettricità Futura and Utilitalia, the major companies in the sector including Enel and Terna, and the trade unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl and Uiltec...

21 February 2025

Italy: parental leave with 80% pay extended to three months

The 2025 budget has extended the period of parental leave in which private-sector employees receive 80% of their pay to three months, compared to two months in 2024. Optional parental leave lasts...

6 February 2025

Italy: BPER banking group gives all staff training on new technology

Italian banking group BPER announced in mid-January the creation of an ‘academy’, in partnership with the training group Digit’Ed, as it seeks to train its 20,000 employees on...

22 January 2025

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New regulations coming into force, economic uncertainty, evolving skills requirements… More than ever, the HR function will play a strategic role within organizations in 2026. mind HR...

3 February 2026

Germany: collective bargaining negotiations begin in chemical industry

Collective bargaining talks in Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industries are due to open this week, covering nearly 580,000 employees across around 1,700 companies. With the sector facing...

3 February 2026

Argentina: labour law reform debate kicks off

Argentina’s Congress has begun debating President Javier Milei’s highly contentious labour reform package, which includes proposals to scrap overtime pay, curb the right to strike and give...

3 February 2026

France: Uber ordered to pay €1.7 billion for undeclared work

According to the publication Revue21, the employer contributions collection agency (URSSAF) has sent a 142-page document to the ride-hailing platform Uber demanding the sum of €1.7 billion...

2 February 2026

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United Kingdom: government urged to legislate against forced labour

After consulting victims, businesses and NGOs, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) has published a report showing that the UK is lagging behind in the fight against forced labour. The...

13 January 2026

EU: European Parliament calls for a directive on just transition

On 20 January, MEPs approved, with 420 votes in favour, an own-initiative report calling for a just transition directive. The text calls for the protection of workers to be guaranteed in the...

20 January 2026