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McDonald’s launches «McPassport» to promote workers’ mobility
Upon request, the number one fast food chain in Europe will provide all employees with an "official certificate of professional competences". McDonald's wants to ease its employees' mobility...
14 September 2006
Finland: the legislation related to the CSR to be amended
Finland is about to amend the Social Enterprise Act, in force since 2004, supposed to solve the unemployment of people in difficulty but which appeared to be quite inefficient. (Ref. 06815)
Tools : agreements on Corporate Social Responsability
We provide our subscribers with all our resources. They are in general related to joint files of our articles. However, to facilitate your research, we also publish "tool" articles gathering of...
BNP Paribas: employees own 5% of the bank’s capital
55.800 employees of BNP Paribas in 71 countries subscribed to the increase in capital which was reserved for them, for a total amount of 282,5 million euros. Following this operation, employees...
31 July 2006
Belgium: Wallonie equips itself with a resources centre on the CSR
Whereas Flanders is already equipped with a similar tool, Wallonie has just opened a resources centre on the RSE over the Internet. Accessible to both Small and Large-size enterprises, the site...
Denmark: the employees of Dansk Supermarked want a real CSR policy
After the outcry caused by the broadcasting of a documentary on the working conditions within the chain's Indian suppliers, the employees of the supermarket group Dansk Supermarked are asking the...
EADS postpones an employee shareholding operation
According to the Financial Times Deutschland (7-06), the European group of aircraft and defense EADS decided to postpone an employee shareholding operation which was to take place between 5 and 23...
7 June 2006
Zara: a case of child work revives the question of the respect of good behavior codes
Following the report published by the Portuguese weekly magazine, Expresso, on children in the north of Portugal who apparently work for one of the suppliers of the Inditex group, owner of Zara...
Nestle: the European work’s council challenges management on one of its suppliers
After the intervention of the European work's council of Unilever last April (see enclosure), the European work's council of Nestle, wrote to management in order to express concern over the...
5 May 2006
Communication on CSR: interview of Anne Peeters
Following the communication of the European Commission on corporate social responsibility (see our article n°06247), Anne Peeters, deputy administrator of Cedac, an association for research on CSR...
12 April 2006
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
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
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
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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...
- HR
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- News brief
28 August 2026
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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...
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- News brief
28 August 2026
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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...
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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...
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25 August 2026
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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...
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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...
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7 September 2026