Societal responsibility

In response to an open letter published by the recruitment platform Liberty Hive, which in January launched a campaign calling for a law requiring salary transparency on the part of companies, the...

2 June 2023

Corporate due diligence (part 2/2): no longer applying just to large French corporations

Since the start of 2023, corporate due diligence is no longer the preserve of the French statute books with German legislation now entering into force and discussions over the adoption of an EU...

24 May 2023

Corporate due diligence (part 1/2): six years on since French due diligence legislation came into force and essential fundamentals remain wanting

With the first wave of due diligence related lawsuits now appearing in the courts, mind RH has attempted to gauge just how much the 2017 landmark due diligence legislation has really changed the...

11 May 2023

EU: European Parliament proposing a stronger version of the due diligence directive

On 25 April the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) adopted a text, which mind RH has obtained, that strengthens the Directive of the European Parliament and the Council, on...

25 April 2023

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...

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...

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...

4 April 2023

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...

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...

14 March 2023

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...

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...

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...

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...

6 December 2022

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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

France: Crédit Agricole to tighten remote work rules

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

France: Orange submits gender equality agreement – including AI provisions – for union approval

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

mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators

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...

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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...

9 October 2026

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...

19 October 2026

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...

5 November 2026