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Colombia: a cross-institutional pact to fight child labor, especially in the context of the health crisis
The agreement, entitled “Compromiso Nacional por la Prevención y Erradicación del Trabajo Infantil y la Protección Integral al Adolescente Trabajador” (National...
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22 April 2021
Great Britain: fears spark over a ‘fire-and-rehire’ wave after British Gas lays off gas engineers
Nearly 500 British Gas engineers recently lost their jobs after they refused to sign up to new employment contract terms that included lower pay and longer hours, under the employer’s...
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20 April 2021
United States: Salesforce harnesses work.com application to manage return of staff to the office
San Francisco-based software company Salesforce is to gradually reopen its US sites from next month. If they are willing and have been vaccinated, employees in San Francisco, Palo Alto and Irvine...
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19 April 2021
United States: businesses and industries push to get staff vaccinated
Car manufacturers, food companies and retail giants are opening vaccination sites and offering bonuses to encourage their employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
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19 April 2021
Great Britain: the insurance world supporting women returning to work after a career break
Nine leading insurance sector groups have signed up to an innovative program to help employees return to work after extended breaks, most of whom, studies have shown, are female.* Developed by the...
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15 April 2021
Germany: companies seek innovative solutions in order to maintain apprenticeships during the pandemic
The Covid-19 health crisis represents a major challenge for the vocational occupational training sector. Questions seeking answers include how to train apprentices from a distance and how to...
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14 April 2021
France: new complaint filed against four multinational clothing companies for concealed forced labor (Uyghurs)
Legal mechanisms that are trying to remove corporate impunity in terms of human rights? At the beginning of April, three NGOs, the anti-corruption group Sherpa, the NGO Ethique (the French branch...
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13 April 2021
Vodafone launches initiative to support jobseekers during the pandemic
UK telecommunications giant Vodafone announced on 8 April that it has extended its plan supporting those who are unemployed, which was first launched in the UK at the end of 2020. The initiative...
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12 April 2021
Germany: slow start to coronavirus testing in companies causing controversy
In line with a decision by Germany’s Federal Government and its various Länders on 03 March 2021, companies are being called on to offer free weekly (at least) Covid rapid antigen tests...
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6 April 2021
United Kingdom: PwC unveils hybrid model for post-pandemic working, combining remote and in-office work
On 30 March professional services firm PwC announced that its 22,000 UK employees will be able to continue flexible working once the Covid-19 pandemic has passed and will be able to go to the...
2 April 2021
UNI Global Union and group of investors join forces to pressure nursing home operators to improve working conditions
UNI Global Union, the international union federation for the services sectors, and a group of large investors – asset managers and 70 pension funds looking after $3.34 trillion of assets combined...
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2 April 2021
Myanmar: call to textile companies for action in the face of repression on workers opposing the military coup
Six weeks after Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi was overthrown by the military, opposition to the coup is not weakening, in spite of increasingly harsh repressive action, which...
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17 March 2021
United Kingdom: companies invited to submit their annual modern slavery statement to a central website
On 11 March, the UK government unveiled an online registry where companies can file their annual modern slavery statement, if they so wish. As a reminder, since 2015, commercial organisations with...
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12 March 2021
EU: MEPs advance on a future EU Directive on human rights related corporate due diligence
On 10 March the European Parliament adopted its draft report containing recommendations to the European Commission on corporate due diligence and accountabilit. The text marginally modifies the...
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11 March 2021
Germany: government adopts draft legislation on corporate due diligence in supply chains
Initially unveiled on 12 February 2021 by the three Federal Ministers for Employment, Cooperation and the Economy (c.f. article No.12360), Germany’s bill on due diligence in supply chains was...
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3 March 2021
United States: lawsuit filed against chocolate manufacturers for forced child labor
The International Rights Advocates (IRA), a human rights firm, has filed a lawsuit in Washington DC against major chocolate internationals Nestlé, Cargill, Barry Callebaut, Mars, Olam, Hershey and...
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18 February 2021
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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
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EU: Commission proposes loosening of AI regulations
On 19 November, the European Commission published a proposal for an omnibus regulation aimed at simplifying the AI Act in order to ‘ensure the swift, smooth and proportionate implementation’ of...
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EU: list of new CSRD reporting standards finalised
On 4 December, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) presented the revised list of reporting indicators under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which...
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EU: co-legislators strike agreement on Omnibus Directive
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an agreement on the night of 8 December on the weakening of the directives on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD) and corporate...
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EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...
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Italy: three executives from luxury goods group Tod’s investigated over worker exploitation
Italian authorities are once again turning their attention to working conditions in the luxury goods supply chain. On 20 November, the Milan public prosecutor charged three senior executives of...
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28 November 2025
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Fashion brands accused of violating trade union freedoms in Asia
On 27 November, Amnesty International released a report denouncing widespread violations of trade union freedoms in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka by both governments and suppliers to...
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28 November 2025