Trending topics
- Wages
- Gender equality
- CSRD
- Artificial intelligence
- hybrid work
- Managing the fallout of Covid-19
- Corporate sustainability due diligence
- European Framework Agreement
- EWC agreements and recast directive
- Remote work regulations
- Skills
- Collective agreement
- Older workers
- Global Framework Agreements
- Gig workers and the regulation of platforms
France: first rulings by specialised chamber on duty of vigilance
On 18 June, the new chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal, focused on the duty of vigilance, ruled that legal actions brought against TotalEnergies and EDF were admissible. The first rulings on the...
CSRD: social and environmental reporting market takes shape
Eight months before the publication of the first extra-financial reports, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is shaping up to be a major challenge for European companies, be...
- HR
- CSR
- Essentials
17 June 2024
EU: due diligence directive ratified by the Council
On 24 May, one month after the European Parliament, the EU member states gave their final approval to the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. The adoption of this flagship project of...
- HR
- CSR
- News brief
24 May 2024
EU: Parliament definitively adopts Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
On 24 April, at the end of a long legislative process, the European Parliament definitively adopted the draft directive on due diligence. Although the last-minute efforts of some member states...
ILO reaches first agreement on issue of living wages
On 13 March, the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization approved an agreement on the issue of living wages, reached during a meeting of experts, made up of representatives of...
- HR
- CSR
- News brief
19 March 2024
EU: member states adopt watered-down due diligence directive at the last minute
After the texts on non-financial reporting (CSRD) and forced labour, the EU will complete its regulatory framework on CSR with a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence. The text...
EU: Belgian Presidency presents last-ditch text on due diligence
Following the refusal of France, Italy and Germany to vote on the proposed corporate sustainability due diligence directive, it was not put to the vote on 28 February. As Isabelle Schömann...
- HR
- CSR
- News brief
7 March 2024
Isabelle Schömann (ETUC): “We continue to mobilise on due diligence”
As the end of the European term of office approaches, several countries, including Germany and France, are blocking the adoption of the corporate sustainability due diligence directive. Speaking...
6 March 2024
EU: co-legislators reach agreement on ban on imports of products made with forced labour
On Tuesday 5 March, European Parliament and Council negotiators reached agreement on a draft regulation banning the import of products produced using forced labour. The text, which still needs to...
- HR
- CSR
- News brief
5 March 2024
EU: sustainability due diligence directive blocked by few member states
The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive has failed to win support from the qualified majority of member states needed to reach the final vote in the European Parliament. The...
Christel Delberghe (Eurocommerce): “CSRD and sustainability due digilence may disadvantage companies who do things well”
The retail sector is particularly concerned by the new CSR European regulatory framework. Christel Delberghe, Managing Director of employers’ federation Eurocommerce, considers changes affecting...
Looking back at 2023: European regulatory framework for CSR takes shape
In 2023, the European Union definitively adopted a new directive on non-financial performance reporting, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The bloc also reached a compromise...
EU: compromise finally reached on corporate sustainability due diligence directive
European legislators have reached an agreement on companies' due diligence requirements with regard to sustainability. While there was strong pressure to weaken the obligations, 15,000 companies...
France: order transposing CSRD directive published
An order was published in France’s official journal on 7 December to transpose into domestic law the corporate sustainability reporting directive (CSRD), which is due to come into force in...
- HR
- CSR
- News brief
8 December 2023
France: La Poste becomes first company to be convicted of breaching due diligence requirements
On 5 December, the Paris Court of First Instance found the French company guilty of failing to comply with its due diligence requirements. La Poste was sued by the Sud-PTT trade union federation...
United States: White House wants to set up workers’ rights diplomacy
On 16 November, the US Presidency published an action plan designed to protect and strengthen workers’ rights at home and abroad. In this memorandum, the Biden administration calls on...
- HR
- CSR
- News brief
24 November 2023
Our mind news
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
Most viewed articles of the month on mind HR
What readers clicked on the most last month.
What readers clicked on the most last month.
1
Living wage still struggles to align with social dialogue (study)
As part of its summer school on social dialogue, the ILO commissioned a study on the living wage. This concept, which takes workers' needs into account when determining wage levels and which major...
2
EU: Commission to launch a business coalition against modern slavery
The news. On 16 October, the European Commission presented a new strategy to combat human trafficking. While labour exploitation reported by the authorities rose by 17% between 2021-2022 and...
- HR
- CSR
- News brief
19 October 2026
3
UK: government promises human rights due diligence bill
The news. On 4 November, the government promised, through Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds before the House of Lords, the statutory introduction of human rights due diligence in the UK. It...
- HR
- CSR
- News brief
5 November 2026