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EU: real wages continue to fall in member states (study)
A study by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) reveals that real wages, i.e. those not adjusted for inflation, have continued to fall throughout the European Union since the start of the...
16 November 2023
EU: Commission adopts work programme for 2024
On 17 October, the European Commission adopted its work programme, listing the most important initiatives for 2024. In particular, the work programme sets out additional proposals to reduce red...
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18 October 2023
Angela Rushforth (Construction Inclusion Coalition chair): “We need to change the perception of women in the construction industry”
At the end of September, a coalition designed to strengthen equality, diversity and inclusion in the construction industry was launched. Called the Construction Inclusion Coalition (CIC), it was...
EU: MEPs vote to ban imports of products made with forced labour
On Monday 16 October, MEPs in the Internal Market and International Trade committees voted in favour of the draft regulation presented by the European Commission in September 2022, having called...
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17 October 2023
EU: CSRD, a tall order for HR departments
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is set to become the new standard for non-financial reporting at European level. Soon to be applied to 50,000 European companies, it should...
United Kingdom: CIPD issues guide to promote inclusion of transgender employees
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the trade association for human resource management professionals, recently published a guide on equality, diversity and inclusion of...
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2 October 2023
Great Britain: companies urged to get involved in suicide prevention
On 11 September 2023 the UK executive published its ‘Suicide prevention strategy for England: 2023 to 2028’ policy paper, at a time when Scotland, Wales, and Ireland already have their...
14 September 2023
Canada: investigations launched against Walmart and Hugo Boss after allegations of Uyghur forced labour in their supply chains
Following complaints from a group of NGOs, an investigation has been launched into Walmart and Hugo Boss which are two of three companies being accused of sourcing from factories suspected of...
Brazil: delivery platform iFood sanctioned by the courts for anti-union practices
Following revelations in the press that communications agencies working on behalf of the delivery platform iFood were spying on striking delivery workers, the courts in Brazil have imposed a...
Uniqlo, Inditex and Skechers targeted by new legal action over forced labour
With China’s Xinjiang province providing 20% of the world's cotton supplies, legal action has been launched for a second time in France against three major retailing businesses: Uniqlo, Inditex...
EU: French MPs back ambitious due diligence directive
On 28 June, the French National Assembly’s European Affairs Committee adopted a ‘political opinion’ on the proposed EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, on the...
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4 July 2023
Société Générale to offer digitalisation related guarantees and social coverage to its employees worldwide
On 23 June, French banking group Société Générale renewed, for a second time, the global agreement on employee rights that it initially signed with UNI Global Union in 2015 and again in 2019 on...
27 June 2023
Netherlands: a Guide for handling reports of sexual harassment in the workplace
The Dutch government has published a “Guide to reporting sexually inappropriate behaviour in the workplace.” The aim is to help companies manage these types of situations. The handbook...
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27 June 2023
United Kingdom: 200 companies named and shamed for not paying minimum wage
Having threatened to “name and shame” those companies that fail to pay their staff the minimum wage, the UK government kept its promise by publishing a list of over 200 employers on 21...
23 June 2023
Germany: complaint filed against VW, BMW, & Mercedes Benz for breaching human rights due diligence obligations in Xinjiang
On 21 June the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) confirmed that it had filed a complaint against Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes Benz, accusing them of failing to exercise...
United Kingdom: workplace standard issued for menopause and menstruation support
The British Standards Institute, the UK’s national standards body, has published a document setting out how employers should support staff dealing with menopause and menstruation. “The...
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5 June 2023
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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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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...
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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...
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19 October 2026
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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...
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5 November 2026