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Italy: national committee set up to combat undeclared work
On 6 April, Italy’s Ministry of Labour set up a national committee to prevent and combat undeclared work, a measure included in the country’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan...
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21 April 2023
Great Britain: government guidance to help companies measure ethnicity-based pay gaps
In a landmark move on 17 April, the UK government issued guidance to help employers to measure their ethnicity pay data. The document details the data that should be collected and it explains how...
19 April 2023
Great Britain: corporates can soon be held liable for employee fraud
On 18 April the UK House of Lords embarks on the committee stage in its consideration of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill. This government-drafted bill is approaching its final...
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18 April 2023
Spain: entire city of Valencia tests the 4-day week for four consecutive weeks
In a municipal decision, the city of Valencia will see all businesses and public administrations close every Monday from 10 April until 07 May. The aim of this experiment is to test the impact of...
12 April 2023
China: workplace discrimination against pregnant women on the rise
En Chine, les actes de discrimination à l’égard des femmes enceintes sur le lieu de travail demeurent fréquents. Cela fait d’ailleurs l’objet d’une campagne de sensibilisation par voie de presse...
Great Britain: the Living Wage Foundation encourages employers to commit to employee pensions savings
Set up as a private organisation in 2011, the Living Wage Foundation promotes the implementation of the Living Wage and issues an accreditation to employers committed to providing the Living Wage...
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22 March 2023
United Kingdom: Parker Review aims to increase diversity in senior management roles
The Parker Review is looking to build on the positive results achieved in the area of ethnic diversity and now wants all companies in the FTSE 350 index, which combines the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250...
Great Britain: the government appoints its first Menopause Employment Champion – an independent role
On 07 March, the UK government’s Department for Work and Pensions appointed Helen Tomlinson, Head of Talent (UK & Ireland) at the Adecco Group, to be the first menopause employment...
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9 March 2023
Mexico: government bans import of goods produced with forced labour
Mexico has transcribed into domestic legislation the provisions of the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) of 1 July 2020 that ban the import of goods made with forced labour, particularly...
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3 March 2023
United States: NLRB condemns Apple’s “culture of secrecy”
Apple is violating US labour laws by seeking to curtail the freedom of its staff to talk about certain topics, according to legal experts at the National Labor Relations Board. This was the...
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6 February 2023
Teleperformance: global agreement committing to trade union freedom eventually signed after years of conflict
On 01 December 2022 French digital business solutions group Teleperformance succumbed and signed a global agreement on social responsibility. The text, which mind RH has obtained, commits...
18 January 2023
Great Britain: the government is funding thousands of training courses in the green sector
On 01 December the UK executive announced it was providing £9.2 million (€10.69 million) in new funding for almost 9,000 green energy related training courses at accredited centres. The...
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6 December 2022
EU: Council adopts position on due diligence directive, reducing its scope
On 1 December, the Council of the European Union adopted its position on the corporate sustainability due diligence directive, presented in February by the European Commission. The text, which...
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2 December 2022
Netherlands: the government is seeking to encourage older workers to work beyond retirement age
Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, Karien Van Gennip, has announced that she is seeking to change how companies view older employees in order to improve their situation on the labour...
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29 November 2022
Great Britain: launch of an index to evaluate corporate health oriented policies
On 15 November the UK employers’ organisation, the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) launched the Work Health Index (WHI). In a first, this unique tool, created with support from the NHS and...
17 November 2022
Italy: latest public ‘New Skills’ fund will enable companies to finance training for the ecological and digital transition
Established in 2020 to finance massive professional requalification plans, the State’s ‘New Skills’ fund has just undergone a relaunch. At the end of October, Italy’s Court of Audit approved the...
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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
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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