National industrial relations
Trending topics
- Managing the fallout of Covid-19
- Wages
- Gender equality
- EWC agreements and recast directive
- Global Framework Agreements
- Remote work regulations
- Collective agreement
- Artificial intelligence
- hybrid work
- Gig workers and the regulation of platforms
- Corporate sustainability due diligence
- Skills
- European Framework Agreement
- CSRD
- Older workers
Belgium: a shock campaign by the FGTB condemning the misuse of daily agency contracts
By announcing, to a fanfare of publicity the launch of a new daily contract recruitment agency, only to disclose that that the agency was in a fact a hoax, the FGTB had decided to organize a shock...
25 September 2014
Great Britain: the dearth in qualified staff is a time bomb for companies
Employers in Britain are starting to feel the effects of a lack of skilled workers. For some years now the country has been tackling the problem of skills shortages. A recent government report...
24 September 2014
Denmark: the FTF confederation union launches the debate on the need for a legal minimum wage
While the unions were formerly opposed to even discussing the idea of a legal minimum wage in Denmark, last week the FTF, Denmark’s second largest union confederation, invited the social partners...
23 September 2014
Belgium: the federal government’s upcoming reforms are worrying the unions
On Tuesday September 23, 2014 the three central unions will demonstrate together to voice their concerns over proposed reforms by the new federal coalition government, that itself is in the...
22 September 2014
Ecuador: demonstrations to reject the Government’s Labor code reforms
On Wednesday September 17, 2014, several sectors of Ecuador’s society spilled onto the streets to voice their opposition to the numerous reforms being driven by Rafael Correa’s leftwing...
19 September 2014
United States: the CWA and Teamsters unions are booking themselves an XXL seat with American Airlines
A union coalition of the CWA (Communications Workers of America) and the Teamsters has established its presence in the American Airlines company that employs 14,000 staff in passenger services...
19 September 2014
Germany: chemical union going to push for a 3 day week for the over 60s
Peter Hoffmann, member of the federal office of the IG BCE chemical union explained on Wednesday September 17, 2014 that during the next round of negotiations at the beginning of 2015 his union...
18 September 2014
Great Britain: the NUM union comes to the rescue just in time for the final working coal mine (Hatfield Colliery)
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has stepped in to save the last viable deep pit coal mine by investing £4m in the employee-owned Hatfield Colliery, near Doncaster. The colliery faced...
18 September 2014
BNP Paribas: European agreement on professional equality signed
Yesterday, September 16, 2014, BNP Paribas signed an agreement with the European Federation Union UNI Europa Finance and the European Federation of Finance Company Executives (FECEC), and its...
16 September 2014
Italy: the CGIL, Cisl and Uil central unions front a united platform on the taxation and benefits system
The three central unions, CGIL, Cisl, and Uil will this month complete consultations on their united platform concerning taxation and benefits. They hope it will serve to defend their common...
12 September 2014
Germany: social partners in the chemical sector have launched an initiative promoting “health management”
On Wednesday September 10, 2014 the social partners in the chemical sector presented an initiative called “healthy work under good conditions in the chemical sector”. The initiative forms part of...
12 September 2014
Chile: unions put pressure on the government to remove the Labor Code, left-over from the Pinochet era
On September 4, 2014, 44 years to the day after the victory of Salvador Allende during the presidential elections, the main confederation of Chilean unions the CUT called for a demonstration...
12 September 2014
Brazil: the government recognizes five central organizations as representative trade unions
At the end of the annual meeting in July 2014, the Minister for Labor and Employment recognized five representative central trade unions. The five in order of importance are: the Unified Workers...
12 September 2014
Denmark: the two main union confederations -LO and FTF – are studying a possible merger
In an historic meeting on September 9, 2014, the LO (The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions) and the FTF (the Confederation of Professionals in Denmark) agreed on unprecedented cooperation so as...
11 September 2014
Germany: the slow decline in apprenticeships continues (DGB report)
Each year the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) presents an annual report on the state of apprenticeships in the country. Whilst 71.4% of those questioned are satisfied with their...
11 September 2014
Portugal: social negotiations resume with demands for a rise in the minimum wage
The Portuguese social partners are starting negotiations on raising the national minimum wage with the government is looking to raise the level as of January 1, 2015. However unions are looking...
11 September 2014
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
France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
2
Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall
The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...
1 October 2026
3
France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
4
Germany: Employers’ representatives seek to limit the rights of works councils
The Employers' Federation of German Employers' Associations (Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände - BDA) published a report at the end of September in which it proposes a...
8 October 2026
5
Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
6
Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026