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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...

14 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

Unilever commits to guaranteeing a living wage in its supply chain by 2030

On 21 January 2021, Unilever, the UK multinational consumer goods group, issued a press release detailing its commitments to help ‘build a more inclusive society’ (here). Foremost among these is...

21 January 2021

Apple to adjust executive bonuses according to social and environmental criteria

In its annual report sent to shareholders on 05 January 5 ahead of it annual general meeting, the American multinational technology company announced that going forward the company will vary the...

7 January 2021

United Kingdom: Unilever commits to preventing discrimination on the basis of hair and hairstyles

The consumer goods giant Unilever has signed up to the Halo Code, the UK’s first black hair code, which aims to protect people with afros and other black hairstyles so they can go to work or...

11 December 2020

Great Britain: after the Living Wage, companies now committing to ‘Living Hours’

In the midst of the pandemic, British insurer Aviva, alongside Scottish insurance company Standard Life Aberdeen, have become the first groups to implement the ‘Living Hours’ model as...

21 October 2020

Great Britain: more than 370 companies have now signed the “Women in Finance charter”.

Forty-two new companies have just signed up to this charter, the goal of which since 2016 is to raise female occupancy rates in positions of responsibility within the financial sector (c.f...

26 June 2020

France: launch of a 2nd tranche of testing aimed at combatting discrimination in recruitment

In the coming weeks, the government will launch a second tranche of tests conducted to shed light on ongoing discrimination in hiring within companies. It will be conducted among 40 randomly...

23 June 2020

Great Britain: gender pay gap improvement threatened by the coronavirus (study)

On 27 May, the highly respected Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) expressed concern that pressure on working mothers (employees) during lockdown could halt progress in reducing the gender pay...

28 May 2020

Great Britain: more than 1 in 5 employers intend to lay off workers due to coronavirus

Job cuts, salary freezes and lower vacancy rates are what await the UK’s pandemic-stricken labor market, according to the latest quarterly analysis from the Chartered Institute of Personnel...

19 May 2020

NGOs track ‘bad’ buyers in global garment supply chains

A study by the Center for Global Workers’ Rights (CGWR), at the Pennsylvania State University, published on 27 March has caught the attention of worldwide public opinion. Entitled “Abandoned? The...

15 May 2020

Solvay: solidarity fund set up by managers, employees and shareholders to help staff affected by the crisis raises €15 million

This significant sum – dedicated to the solidarity fund announced on 9 April and created at the end of the same month – was announced on 6 May by Solvay chief executive officer Ilhma...

14 May 2020

Danone guarantees jobs and salaries to all its employees worldwide for 3 months.

On 26 March, during an interview on French radio (RTL), Emmanuel Faber, CEO of the French food group Danone, stated the following commitment on air, “All employment contracts at Danone and...

26 March 2020

Great Britain: financial sector still failing to narrow the gender pay gap

While companies with more than 250 staff have until 05 April to comply with the legal requirement to publish their third annual gender pay gap data (c.f. article No. 11073), initial indications...

10 March 2020

France: 105 businesses commit to awarding a minimum of one month paid leave for second parents

An opinion piece published in the 05 February edition of the daily economics publication Les Echos (here) indicates that 105 companies (primarily in the tech, organic, and sustainable development...

5 February 2020

Hungary: Diageo introduces 26 weeks paternity leave

Fathers in Hungary can avail of five-days of paid statutory leave following the birth of a child. This leave can be taken whole or in several parts but must be used before the child is two months...

5 February 2020

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5 March 2026

France: Crédit Agricole to tighten remote work rules

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29 January 2026

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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