Transnational industrial relations

In order to convince their employees to come back to on site work following 18 months of mandatory full-time teleworking, UK employers such as PwC, Goldman Sachs, and the BP oil & gas group...

8 September 2021

France: “A new work organization to support our strategic project”, Sébastien Graff, InVivo Group Human Resources Director (interview)

Following the return to 20% in-office/on-site work on 21 June 2021 for 1,500 InVivo staff, the agri-coperative group, which comprises 200 cooperatives representing nearly 300,000 farmers and...

2 September 2021

United States: increasing numbers of companies make vaccination mandatory

Various large firms in the US have decided to make it mandatory for their staff to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs, drugstore chain CVS Health and oil...

31 August 2021

United Kingdom: PwC introduces paid fertility leave for staff

Professional services group PricewaterhouseCoopers has introduced paid fertility leave for its staff. Launched on 1 July, this paid leave allowance offers staff members, regardless of their...

2 July 2021

France: “We expect our managers to be team leaders”, Mathilde Le Coz, Director of Human Resources at Mazars (interview)

Mathilde Le Coz is taking over as HR Director for France after more than 15 years with the international audit, taxation, consulting, accounting and legal services group. Her mission is to support...

30 June 2021

United Kingdom: banking group NatWest offers staff financial support for fertility treatment

UK bank NatWest is granting its 59,000 employees access to subsidised fertility treatment, with reductions of between 5% and 20%. This financial support measure covers in vitro fertilisation...

25 June 2021

United States: Morgan Stanley imposes Covid-19 vaccination status within its New York offices

In an announcement signed by HR head Mandell Crawley, investment bank Morgan Stanley has decided to ban any unvaccinated employee, subcontractor or client from its buildings in New York and the NY...

24 June 2021

EU: second phase consultation launched on digital platform workers’ rights

On 15 June the European Commission launched the second stage consultation of European social partners on better protecting people working through platforms. This follows the Commission’s first...

17 June 2021

Great Britain: John Lewis Partnership introduces equal parental leave for all its employees

Six months of parental leave for all staff at the John Lewis Partnership group, regardless of the gender of the parent or the conditions of the child’s arrival. On 10 June the employee-owned...

17 June 2021

United States: Facebook makes remote working a company-wide policy for its 60,000 employees

In an internal memo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that from 15 June all staff will be able to work from home, if their job allows it and if their manager gives the green light. He added...

15 June 2021

Britain: employment vacancies are being advertised for the first time only to those with Covid-19 vaccinations

“Had your vaccine and looking for an exciting new role? We are looking to add to our in-house maintenance team.” This is Pimlico Plumbers’ Twitter post from 09 June that is...

15 June 2021

Sanofi launches its new global employee share ownership plan

On 07 June 2021 the French multinational pharmaceutical company announced the launch of Action 2021 – its new global employee share ownership plan, which is open to 92,000 employees in 73...

9 June 2021

Switzerland: Allianz’s Swiss subsidiary now granting eight weeks of paternity leave

So that fathers can better welcome the arrival of their child (including adoption) and achieve a better balance between their professional and personal lives, Allianz Suisse has decided to extend...

9 June 2021

Ireland: Lidl introduces paid leave for staff suffering pregnancy loss

Supermarket chain Lidl announced on 4 June that it will offer paid leave to its Irish employees that suffer pregnancy loss or miscarriage, as well as partners of individuals suffering such an...

7 June 2021

Great Britain: UK becomes the first and currently only country where Uber allows workers to unionize

Uber has signed a landmark agreement with the GMB union that allows the union to represent its approximately 70,000 within the UK. This landmark deal marks a departure from the ride-hailing...

27 May 2021

Germany: the Allianz ‘Global accelerator program’ concentrates on internal retraining in IT and organization management

In 2019, the German insurer identified that it was running the risk of not having enough managers specialized in IT and organization management over a five to ten year horizon. Instead of...

26 May 2021

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The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...

28 October 2025

Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs

Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...

30 October 2025

AI-driven job cuts on the rise in tech sector

As leading tech companies ramp up investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and roll out transformation plans to boost its development, layoffs across the sector are increasing. But are the job...

7 October 2025

France: generative AI and older workers central to BPCE’s skills management strategy

On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...

15 October 2025

France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026

Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...

16 October 2025

Carrefour and UNI Global Union renew global agreement on promoting social dialogue and diversity

On 17 October, Carrefour, one of the world’s largest retailers, with nearly 500,000 employees worldwide, and global union federation UNI Global Union renewed their global agreement on...

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