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Sweden: Klarna employees go on strike as collective agreement talks fail
After eight months of fruitless negotiations with Klarna management, the Swedish trade unions – Unionen and Engineers of Sweden – at the specialist in the...
30 October 2023
European charter of fundamental social dialogue principles signed at Clariane (formerly Korian)
Clariane, the French retirement home and private clinic group, has agreed to a charter on social dialogue. Signed on 25 October 2023, it aims to extend trade union freedoms in countries where they...
27 October 2023
Germany: IG Metall rejects company pensions without guaranteed returns
On 25 October, the delegates' assembly of the major German metalworkers' union IG Metall, which met in Frankfurt, decided to reject any future negotiations on company pensions without guaranteed...
27 October 2023
France: 2023 agreements on older workers focus mainly on support towards retirement
With social partners soon to sit down to negotiate a national inter-professional agreement (ANI) on the employment of older workers, mind RH has analysed the company agreements signed since the...
25 October 2023
EU: further delay in negotiations over joint framework agreement on telework
The European social partners have still not managed to reach an agreement on a text that was to serve as the basis for a EU directive on telework. The negotiating session on 23 October was the...
24 October 2023
France: Icade renews agreement for disabled employees
On 27 September, the French property developer (1,200 employees) signed a new agreement with its trade unions (SNUHAB-CFE-CGC, CGT, FO-FEC and Unsa) for the professional integration and continued...
20 October 2023
Agreement to set up a European works council signed at Ramsay Santé
Ramsay Santé, the private hospitalisation group with 38,000 employees in five European countries, will now have a European works council, four years on from the first negotiations. The text...
18 October 2023
Crédit Agricole extends social rights with new global agreement
French banking group Crédit Agricole has stepped up its commitment on social topics by signing a new global agreement with UNI Global Union, covering human rights, fundamental labour rights, trade...
10 October 2023
Italy: new Italcementi/Heidelberg Materials agreement focuses on parenthood and environment
The agreement signed on 25 September by Italcementi, the Italian cement manufacturer employing 1,700 people in the country, owned by Germany's HeidelbergCement, and the Fillea-Cgil, Filca-Cisl and...
9 October 2023
France: agreement struck to regulate suspensions of independent delivery drivers from platforms
Drivers for ride-hailing services such as Uber have struck a deal whereby conditions for their suspension will be regulated by collective bargaining, just a few months after couriers for delivery...
22 September 2023
Great Britain: TUC turns to the ILO to challenge UK’s Minimum Service Levels requirement during strike action
En plein congrès annuel, la confédération syndicale TUC a annoncé le dépôt d'une réclamation devant l'Organisation Internationale du Travail (OIT) contre la loi imposant un service minimum.
12 September 2023
Spain: AI assumes greater prominence in collective bargaining
Trade unions in Spain are working actively to develop employees' right to information as regards the use of artificial intelligence, with the aim of incorporating this into collective agreements...
11 September 2023
Italy: series of agreements signed by major agri-food companies ahead of national collective agreement renewal negotiations
With agri-food sector social partners commencing discussions for renewing the national collective agreement, many of the sector's major companies have spent the summer months signing individual...
30 August 2023
Italy: Mondelez focuses on parenthood and diversity
In July 2023, the Italian subsidiary of Chicago-based multinational confectionery, food, beverage and snack food company, Mondelez signed an agreement with the Fai-Cisl, Flai-Cgil and Uila trade...
29 August 2023
Argentina: minimum wage raised as of 01 July 2023
On 17 July, Argentina’s government announced an increase in the minimum living wage. From 01 July it will rise more than 31% from 80,342 pesos (€267 at the current official rate) to...
8 August 2023
Italy: banking sector employees approve trade unions’ platform of demands as sector collective agreement still awaits renewal
With the procedures for renewing the banking sector’s collective bargaining agreement running behind schedule, the sector’s social partners agreed to extend the previous agreement from its expiry...
11 July 2023
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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
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
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Oliver Dietrich (IG Metall): “The advent of AI can be a means of deepening social partnership within companies”
In Germany, trade unions want to influence how AI is deployed in companies. Oliver Dietrich is an AI project manager at the regional office of the IG Metall trade union in North Rhine-Westphalia...
21 January 2026
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Germany: collective bargaining negotiations begin in chemical industry
Collective bargaining talks in Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industries are due to open this week, covering nearly 580,000 employees across around 1,700 companies. With the sector facing...
3 February 2026
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Italy: collective agreement for rubber and plastics sector focuses on new skills
A month ahead of schedule, the Federazione Gomma Plastica employers' organisation and the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec trade unions have renewed the collective agreement for the rubber and...
5 January 2026
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Italy: new generational renewal agreement penned at UniCredit
The agreement signed on 30 December by UniCredit, Italy’s second-largest banking group, with the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions aims to continue generational...
15 January 2026
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France: social partner talks extend far beyond contractual terminations
After a false start on 3 December, French social partners resumed talks on 7 January 2026 on potential changes to the unemployment insurance agreement, including the rules governing compensation...
12 January 2026
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EU: banking sector social partners commit to combating violence and harassment
On 15 January, the trade union federation UNI Europa Finance and three employers’ associations in the banking sector signed a joint statement on preventing violence and harassment in the...
16 January 2026