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France: Sanofi focusing on the ‘training experience’ to accelerate upskilling and reskilling
After having identified the jobs that are in high demand and those that are likely to be significantly altered or to even disappear, the French multinational pharmaceutical and healthcare group...
28 February 2023
PwC France and Maghreb providing staff with biodiversity training
The consulting and auditing firm is in the process of launching a vast programme to raise awareness of biodiversity issues among its 6,000 employees in its France and the Maghreb (Northwest...
22 February 2023
Germany: autonomy central to staff training at drugstore chain dm
Dm-drogerie markt, Germany's leading healthcare and cosmetics retail chain, has deployed an array of innovative measures to train its employees and maintain their employability, ranging from...
6 February 2023
France: Derichebourg Multiservices wants to use its new CFA to boost recruitment
The French group’s subsidiary specialising in technical expertise is going to create a company CFA in June 2023 to boost its chances of reaching its target of 5,000 new hires per year. Several...
4 January 2023
ZF Friedrichshafen provides training on electric mobility to thousands of employees with E-Cademy project
Amid a radical transformation process accompanying the shift from combustion engine cars to electric vehicles, German car parts manufacturer ZF Friedrichshafen launched the "largest internal...
2 December 2022
Great Britain: KFC launches a programme to encourage the hiring of younger workers who are facing employment barriers
The KFC fast food chain is aiming that by 2030 a third of its new hires will comprise younger workers facing various employment barriers. To this end, the group, which employs 27,000 people in the...
15 November 2022
Six out of 10 HR managers consider reskilling for staff (survey)
To deal with the impact of technological change, enhancing employees’ skills in their own jobs remains the main lever used by HR managers. This trend is confirmed by the 2022 international...
17 October 2022
France: La Poste prepares for the launch of its data and AI school
La Poste Group is getting ready to open the doors of a data and AI school that as of January 2023 will welcome dual work-study students and postal workers looking to change jobs. The dual...
8 September 2022
France: Bain & Company provides its consultants with 40 hours of climate training
Committed for several years to an eco-responsible approach, Bain & Company, the American management consulting company headquartered in Boston, is stepping this approach up a gear. Since the...
19 July 2022
France: Orange offers employees in mid-career a break to gain new experience
The French telecoms operator is experimenting with a new scheme allowing employees who have spent 10 years working with the group, and if they so wish, to take a break from their jobs to pursue...
1 March 2022
Great Britain: Amazon creates 1,500 apprenticeship position contracts
On 02 February 2022, the American online retail giant announced the creation of 40 apprenticeship schemes in its UK subsidiary, which currently employs 70,000. Delivered across all of...
8 February 2022
France: Amazon school program, providing internal training to enhance staff employability
In 2019 the Amazon School was launched specifically for employees of Amazon in France (14,500 across all it French sites), and attributes successful participants with warehouse packer diplomas...
27 January 2022
Great Britain: more than half of HR professionals trained during the pandemic (survey report)
According to the annual People Profession 2021 survey report, conducted by the professional body for HR and people development, the CIPD, 50% of UK HR professionals have upskilled in the last 12...
2 November 2021
Germany: ‘internal crowd-working’ study and the implications for company structures
The Hans Böckler Trade Foundation (German Federation of Trade Unions - DGB) has presented its first study on the phenomenon of ‘internal crowd work’ and its implications for both work organization...
4 June 2020
United Kingdom: ‘soft skills’ reference framework launched for employers
Identifying and assessing the interpersonal skills of workers and other skills that are not specifically related to their qualifications is a recurring issue. To address this and showcase the...
25 May 2020
Bosch to provide artificial intelligence training to 20,000 employees
During the Bosch Connected World 2020 conference, held between 19 and 20 February in Berlin, Germany’s leading automobile equipment manufacturer and its chief executive Volkmar Denner announced...
2 March 2020
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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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Netherlands: new government seeks to “control” social costs
In his government policy statement to Parliament on 25 February, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten announced several measures designed to "control" social costs. Notably, he proposed raising the...
5 March 2026
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Spain: a bill to regulate internships
On 3 March, the Council of Ministers approved the bill on the “Status for persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies”. The text limits the number of interns a company can...
13 March 2026
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EU: co-legislators aim to pivot European Globalisation Adjustment Fund towards restructuring anticipation
On 25 February, the Council of the EU and the Parliament reached an agreement on the Commission’s proposed regulation to expand the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). Under the...
2 March 2026
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Germany: launch of the “WE-Fair” alliance for binational training of skilled foreign workers
Germany continues to expand and diversify its initiatives to attract skilled foreign labour from outside the EU. In mid-March 2026, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development...
26 March 2026
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Block to slash workforce by nearly half
The news. In his latest shareholder letter, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payment service provider Block (formerly Square), announced plans to slash the company’s workforce “by nearly half, from...
6 March 2026