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France: Cegid offers a four-day week to employees aged 61 and over
From 11 October, employees of the software company aged 61 and over can request that their 35-hour working week be spread over four days – eight hours and 45 minutes a day. To this is added...
16 October 2024
EU: platform work directive definitively adopted
On 14 October, the Council of the EU approved the platform work directive presented by the European Commission at the end of 2021. After several blocks on the directive, notably by France and...
15 October 2024
France: Panzani commits to easing ends of careers for senior employees
The management of the Panzani food group and the CGT, CFE-CGC and FO trade unions signed a 2024-2026 agreement, published on 10 October, on the prevention of exposure to certain occupational risk...
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11 October 2024
France: Safran commits to reaching 6% employment rate for people with disabilities by 2025
The management of the French aerospace group and the CFDT, CFE-CGC, CGT and FO trade unions have renewed the agreement to promote the integration and retention in employment of people with...
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10 October 2024
Italy: energy sector integrates new professions and steps up training
Recognising new professional profiles linked to renewable energy and digitalisation, boosting workers, employability and recruiting young people: these are the aims of two agreements signed in...
10 October 2024
EU: agreement to update multi-sectoral guidelines against violence at work
On 20 September, the employers’ organisation EuroCommerce and the sectoral unions UNI Europa and EFFAT (food and agriculture) announced an agreement to revise the 2010 guidelines against...
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7 October 2024
Portugal: minimum wage to rise to €1,015 by 2025
On 1 October, the government and the social partners signed the 2025-2028 tripartite agreement on improving wages and economic growth, with the exception of the trade union confederation (CGTP)...
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3 October 2024
EU: practical guide launched for employee representatives of multinationals faced with restructuring
The consultancy Syndex Europe, together with the European trade unions FETBB (construction), EFFAT (agri-food), EPSU, ETF (transport), industriAll Europe, UNI Europa, the European Trade Union...
2 October 2024
Creation of a unified European Works Council at Stellantis
On 19 September, the management of the automotive group Stellantis, the Special Negotiating Body and the trade union organisation IndustriAll Europe signed an agreement in Amsterdam establishing a...
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1 October 2024
France: jobs and career management agreement criticised as cover for offshoring at Danone
On 5 July 2024, French food company Danone signed a forward-looking agreement on the management of jobs and career paths (GEPP). The agreement notably fleshes out details for the global DanSkills...
26 September 2024
Nadège Plou (Clariane): “Social dialogue on the ground is a hallmark of the company”
One year after the launch of Clariane, replacing the former brand Korian, the private retirement and healthcare company's HR director for France talks to mind RH about its challenges. The...
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19 September 2024
France: Dalkia commits to achieving 6% employment rate for disabled employees by 2026
French energy company Dalkia and its trade unions (CGT, CFDT and CFE-CGC) have renewed their agreement on the "employment, professional integration and career development of people with...
13 September 2024
Italy: Poste Italiane paves way for four-day week and endometriosis leave
Poste Italiane, Italy's postal service provider and the country's largest employer with 120,000 staff, renewed its collective agreement at the end of July. The agreement makes it possible to trial...
12 September 2024
Germany: collective bargaining kicks off in metalworking industry
Collective bargaining in the metalworking industry between the IG Metall union and the employers’ federation Gesamtmetall began on Wednesday 11 September in the districts of...
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12 September 2024
Germany: Volkswagen terminates collective agreement on job security in force for 30 years
Volkswagen management has formally terminated a number of collective agreements, including the job security agreement, which has been in force since 1994 and is valid until 2029. Redundancies may...
11 September 2024
United Kingdom: government urges unions and employers to unite
The UK’s Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer addressed the annual meeting of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Brighton, south-east England, on 10 September. He was the first British head of...
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11 September 2024
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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UK: duty for employers to inform workers of their right to join a trade union postponed to 1 January 2027
The news. On 25 September, the British government published its response to a consultation launched on 23 October on the duty to inform workers of their right to join a trade union. The...
1 October 2026