Labour relations

On 7 November, multinational oil and energy company TotalEnergies signed an agreement with all its trade unions, which mind RH has obtained. The agreement is aimed at employees who are caregivers...

14 November 2023

EU: negotiations over framework agreement on telework terminated

After giving themselves two weeks to reflect and agree on a compromise, European social partners formally terminated negotiations on 9 November, one year after they began. The unions are blaming...

13 November 2023

France: new agreement at Michelin aims to promote a learning culture to develop skills of the future

The leadership of French tyre manufacturer Michelin has negotiated an agreement with the unions on the management of jobs and career paths (GEPP) in order to anticipate skills needs and meet its...

13 November 2023

EU: joint, cross-sectoral guidelines to combat violence in the workplace

On 7 November, the insurance and telecommunications federations and several UNI Europa branches signed recommendations to eliminate violence in the workplace. The social partners are targeting...

10 November 2023

France: unprecedented agreement on the ecological transition signed in the pharmaceutical industry

On 17 October, the French pharmaceutical industry reached its first collective agreement on the ecological transition. The agreement provides for social dialogue to support the transition...

10 November 2023

Italy: Acea cuts back to 38 hours and tightens controls on subcontracting

Italian multi-utility group Acea, which manages electricity, gas and water distribution in Rome, the trade unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, Uiltec and the autonomous trade unions have just signed...

9 November 2023

France: Michelin pens agreement with unions with strong focus on end-of-career management

The management at French tyre manufacturer Michelin this morning signed a new agreement with the CFDT and Sud unions on the management of jobs and career paths (GEPP) for the period 2024-2026. The...

8 November 2023

Italy: new agreement at Ferrero focuses on digital inclusion of workers

The agreement signed on 6 October by the Italian food giant (with around 7,000 employees in Italy) and the Flai-Cgil, Fai-Cisl and Uila trade unions devotes a great deal of attention to...

3 November 2023

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

AI primary concern in skills development (study)

The Cegos Observatory barometer on training reveals that HR professionals and employees see artificial intelligence (in particular generative AI) and data as the leading issue that will lead to...

10 October 2023

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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

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

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

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

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

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