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On 26 June, UK white goods retailer Currys (32,000 staff worldwide and at least 10,000 in the UK) announced it was offering its UK employees undergoing gender reassignment, access to an additional...

29 June 2023

Société Générale to offer digitalisation related guarantees and social coverage to its employees worldwide

On 23 June, French banking group Société Générale renewed, for a second time, the global agreement on employee rights that it initially signed with UNI Global Union in 2015 and again in 2019 on...

27 June 2023

Netherlands: a Guide for handling reports of sexual harassment in the workplace

The Dutch government has published a “Guide to reporting sexually inappropriate behaviour in the workplace.” The aim is to help companies manage these types of situations. The handbook...

27 June 2023

United Kingdom: 200 companies named and shamed for not paying minimum wage

Having threatened to “name and shame” those companies that fail to pay their staff the minimum wage, the UK government kept its promise by publishing a list of over 200 employers on 21...

23 June 2023

Germany: complaint filed against VW, BMW, & Mercedes Benz for breaching human rights due diligence obligations in Xinjiang

On 21 June the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) confirmed that it had filed a complaint against Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes Benz, accusing them of failing to exercise...

22 June 2023

United Kingdom: workplace standard issued for menopause and menstruation support

The British Standards Institute, the UK’s national standards body, has published a document setting out how employers should support staff dealing with menopause and menstruation. “The...

5 June 2023

United Kingdom: government reiterates commitment to fostering salary transparency

In response to an open letter published by the recruitment platform Liberty Hive, which in January launched a campaign calling for a law requiring salary transparency on the part of companies, the...

2 June 2023

Corporate due diligence (part 2/2): no longer applying just to large French corporations

Since the start of 2023, corporate due diligence is no longer the preserve of the French statute books with German legislation now entering into force and discussions over the adoption of an EU...

24 May 2023

Great Britain: BT Group announces plans to replace current jobs with AI

On 18 May, the UK telecommunications giant said it intends to shed up to 55,000 jobs by 2030, with the bulk of the losses centred on its UK operations where its current headcount totals 80,000...

23 May 2023

France: Apicil proposes a tool to improve inclusivity in companies

In partnership with Mix’r, (a network of responsible companies) and Humando (employment agencies), Apicil, the Lyon-based mutual social protection group (2,000+ employees) has put a questionnaire...

22 May 2023

Corporate due diligence (part 1/2): six years on since French due diligence legislation came into force and essential fundamentals remain wanting

With the first wave of due diligence related lawsuits now appearing in the courts, mind RH has attempted to gauge just how much the 2017 landmark due diligence legislation has really changed the...

11 May 2023

EU: European Parliament proposing a stronger version of the due diligence directive

On 25 April the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) adopted a text, which mind RH has obtained, that strengthens the Directive of the European Parliament and the Council, on...

25 April 2023

Germany: Helaba Bank hands staff a monthly sustainability bonus

German bank Helaba, the parent company of savings banks in the German state of Hesse, has announced that it will pay a monthly sustainability bonus (Nachhaltigkeitsprämie) to its 6,300...

24 April 2023

Italy: national committee set up to combat undeclared work

On 6 April, Italy’s Ministry of Labour set up a national committee to prevent and combat undeclared work, a measure included in the country’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan...

21 April 2023

Great Britain: government guidance to help companies measure ethnicity-based pay gaps

In a landmark move on 17 April, the UK government issued guidance to help employers to measure their ethnicity pay data. The document details the data that should be collected and it explains how...

19 April 2023

Great Britain: corporates can soon be held liable for employee fraud

On 18 April the UK House of Lords embarks on the committee stage in its consideration of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill. This government-drafted bill is approaching its final...

18 April 2023

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5 March 2026

France: Crédit Agricole to tighten remote work rules

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

France: Orange submits gender equality agreement – including AI provisions – for union approval

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8 December 2025

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United Kingdom: government launches consultation on AI and data protection rules

L’info. Le gouvernement britannique a lancé, du 15 juillet au 9 septembre 2026, une consultation afin d’identifier les dispositifs juridiques, techniques et de gouvernance...

28 August 2026

EU: social partners set out position on guidelines for the sustainability due diligence directive

The news. Following the final adoption of the omnibus directive in February, the European Commission launched a consultation in June aimed at guiding it in drafting guidelines on the application...

28 August 2026

Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying

Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...

9 September 2026

Canada: a sustainability due diligence proposal on forced labour submitted for consultation

The facts. On July 27, the Canadian government launched a consultation to introduce mandatory corporate due diligence measures regarding forced labor. It plans to require risk identification, the...

25 August 2026

Germany: a “simplification” proposal for the Corporate Governance Code

In early August, the Government Commission presented proposals to reform the Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK), Germany’s Corporate Governance Code. The proposals are primarily aimed at...

31 August 2026

Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures

The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...

7 September 2026