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France: Amazon France Logistique grants 22 days of leave to employees providing care and four additional weeks of paternity leave
At the end of September, 95% of the employees of Amazon France Logistique, a warehousing subsidiary of the e-commerce giant, approved a broad agreement covering both quality of life at work and...
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26 November 2021
Great Britain: finnCap allows employees unlimited holidays so as to avoid burnout
Following in the footsteps of American tech companies such as Netflix, the London-based financial group finnCap announced on 18 November that it intended changing its holiday policy so that in...
25 November 2021
Saint-Gobain: a group HR policy driving an ambitious recruitment campaign
In view of the growing market for sustainable construction, the French multinational construction materials group is targeting annual growth of between 3% and 5% over the period 2021-2025. To...
23 November 2021
Italy: energy group Eni extends remote working option as part of effort to foster parenthood
At the end of October, Italian oil and gas group Eni signed an agreement on so-called smart working. Set to enter into force at the end of the state of health emergency, currently set for 31...
22 November 2021
Colombia: first employers’ union in the country established
On 2 November the Colombian ministry of labour gave approval to the Sindicato de Empresarios por Colombia (Siempre Colombia) as a union organisation for employers, making it the first of its kind...
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19 November 2021
Germany: Volkswagen allows up to four days of teleworking per week
The German car manufacturer has signed a new agreement with its central works council framing the implementation of remote working arrangements. Entitled ‘Remote work – Restart’, it updates and...
18 November 2021
Austria: substantial salary increase in the metal industry
On 10 November, after 18 meetings and a number of warning strikes, collective bargaining in the Austrian metal industry resulted in a +3.55% salary agreement over one year. The same rate also...
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17 November 2021
Hybrid work: contours of work organisation patterns post the Covid-19 pandemic are starting to take shape
Between 2 and 5 days of teleworking per week. While the health crisis has spurred the implementation of telework and led to new work organisation agreements being signed in 2021, and particularly...
17 November 2021
Germany: 3 days of telework per week and €1,000 allowance at Deutsche Bank
After much procrastination, Deutsche Bank and its central works council (Gesamtbetriebsrat) have together reached an agreement for implementing hybrid working. This framework agreement allows...
16 November 2021
Spain: new metal sector collective agreement covers gender equality on pay and regulation of remote work
The CCOO de Industria and UGT FICA trade unions and the employer federation Confemetal have ratified the fourth national collective agreement for industry, new technologies and services in the...
15 November 2021
Mexico: export manufacturing industry to raise awareness of labour reform issues
On 21 October, the National Council of the Maquiladora and Export Manufacturing Industry (INDEX - Consejo Nacional de Manufactura de Exportación), which represents the interests of more than 1,300...
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10 November 2021
Germany: companies looking to set up separate canteen areas for Covid vaccinated and recovered employees
In contrast with Italy and Austria, Germany has so far chosen not to make the health pass at work a mandatory requirement. However, several German employers have nonetheless decided to take the...
9 November 2021
Macau: consultation opened on trade union and collective bargaining bill
The Macau government has launched a public consultation, starting on 31 October and lasting 45 days, with a view to designing a bill on trade unions and collective bargaining. The potential law...
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5 November 2021
Mexico: public trade union registry put in place to promote trade union transparency
Commencing 03 November, the Federal Center for Conciliation and Labor Registry is putting the National Public Registry of Trade Unions in place, which will offer free access to documents...
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3 November 2021
India: IT giants planning their moves toward hybrid work
As IT companies start calling staff to return to on-site working, as the remote working measures that had been necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic taper off, their thoughts are also turning...
3 November 2021
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
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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