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EU: co-legislators take up the sustainability Omnibus package
While the European Commission is hoping for the rapid adoption of its Omnibus package, the co-legislators have already taken up the text. While the executive hopes to maintain a position that it...
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12 March 2025
Fabienne Arata (LinkedIn): ‘Three-quarters of recruiters are experiencing qualified skills shortages’
A few weeks after the AI summit in Paris, LinkedIn France Country Manager, Fabienne Arata, shared her analysis of labour market trends with mind RH . AI is emerging as both a real engine in...
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- Analysis
12 March 2025
China: labour administration declares an employer’s order for employees to marry as illegal
On 14 February, the local office of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security declared unlawful a directive from the Shuntian Chemical factory requiring that its single status staff...
11 March 2025
United States: official review of DEI practices at law firm Perkins Coie
On 06 March, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order ordering a review of law firm Perkins Coie’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices. ‘My...
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11 March 2025
Netherlands: Facebook promotes gender inequality according to the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights
The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights ruled on 18 February that Meta, the owner of Facebook, reinforces gender stereotypes through its algorithm for promoting job offers. This decision was...
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4 March 2025
Austria: new government plans labour market adjustments
Austria's new coalition government took office on 3 March, after five months of negotiations. The coalition is made up of the country's conservative (ÖVP), social democratic (SPÖ) and liberal...
4 March 2025
EU: Commission presents its skills agenda
*As part of the presentation of the Clean Industrial Deal on 26 February, a legislative pact to fund green industry with €100 billion of investment, the European Commission announced a series...
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3 March 2025
EU: what consequences will the omnibus package have for the CSRD and CSDDD?
Presented yesterday, the omnibus package proposed by the European Commission will significantly modify the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives (CSRD and CSDDD), if...
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27 February 2025
Ireland: several employment bills on parliament’s agenda
On 18 February, the Irish government published the legislative programme for the spring 2025 session. Of the 21 bills listed as priorities, for which pre-legislative scrutiny was completed last...
27 February 2025
EU: Commission proposes major watering down of corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives
The European Commission has finally presented the proposed omnibus directive. It removes 80% of the companies concerned from the corporate sustainability reporting directive's (CSRD) non-financial...
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26 February 2025
Germany: BAFA sets out instructions for supply chain due diligence law
While a complaint was filed at the end of February by a group of Thai workers against Otto, the German retail giant, the Federal Office of Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) has just...
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25 February 2025
France: Essilor International facilitates transition to retirement
The optics specialist and the CFDT, CFE-CGC, CGT and FO trade unions signed an agreement on 1 January 2024 for an indefinite period on end-of-career arrangements and the transition from work to...
24 February 2025
How EDF plans to implement global CSR agreement
French energy company EDF reached a new global agreement on corporate social responsibility at the end of January, covering the period 2025-2030. Signed unanimously by the trade unions, it covers...
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20 February 2025
EU: Spain and Denmark against extensive unpicking of corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives
With the omnibus directive to simplify the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives (CSRD and CSDDD) expected on 26 February, though this could be postponed, member...
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18 February 2025
EU: MEPs call for just transition directive and stronger collective bargaining
On 28 January, MEPs in the European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee adopted a report on the protection of jobs and social rights during corporate restructuring. They...
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17 February 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...
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17 February 2025
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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
Most viewed articles of the month on mind HR
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What readers clicked on the most last month.
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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