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EU: QWL and developing skills, the keys to keeping older workers in employment
The latest report from Eurofound, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, covers a range of positive initiatives in several EU countries, highlighting...
26 January 2024
United Kingdom: companies abandon the Real Living Wage
Financial services group Capita and pub chain BrewDog have decided to stop paying the “Real Living Wage”, as they grapple with tightening financial constraints. Created by the Living...
18 January 2024
United Kingdom: Standard Chartered offers “green” cars to employees
All UK employees of the banking group (more than 2,500 people) can take advantage of a leasing offer for a hybrid or electric vehicle as part of a "salary sacrifice scheme". Under this scheme...
14 December 2023
Germany: SAP aims to revive employee appraisals with ‘Winning Culture’
The leadership of SAP, the German enterprise IT solutions producer, wants to restore its employees "taste for performance". To achieve this, it is negotiating the introduction of a "dynamic...
11 December 2023
France: Mazars harnesses training to instil a data culture among staff
Mazars, the Paris-headquartered audit and advisory firm, has stepped up its investment in data by creating the Mazars Data School. The aim of the initiative is to make all of the group's 3,800...
15 November 2023
United Kingdom: Information Commissioner’s Office issues guidance on protecting workers’ health data
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published new guidance for employers on the processing of workers’ health information. The UK’s independent authority set up to...
25 September 2023
United States: is 100% remote work nearing an end?
Having been innovators in this arena, a growing number of US companies appear to be backtracking on "full" remote work arrangements and are trying to get their workforces back into the office...
17 July 2023
Great Britain: BT Group announces plans to replace current jobs with AI
On 18 May, the UK telecommunications giant said it intends to shed up to 55,000 jobs by 2030, with the bulk of the losses centred on its UK operations where its current headcount totals 80,000...
23 May 2023
Germany: Helaba Bank hands staff a monthly sustainability bonus
German bank Helaba, the parent company of savings banks in the German state of Hesse, has announced that it will pay a monthly sustainability bonus (Nachhaltigkeitsprämie) to its 6,300...
24 April 2023
Great Britain: Ikea UK commits to improving its sexual harassment policy and practice
The UK subsidiary of the Swedish furniture giant (with approximately 11,700 UK employees) has just signed a legally binding agreement with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). This...
28 March 2023
Spain: El Corte Inglés launches a voluntary redundancy plan for older workers
Retail chain El Corte Inglés, Spain's leading department store chain, has presented the trade unions with a reorganization plan as a way of coping with the changing face of both the retail sector...
1 March 2023
Great Britain: McDonald’s commits to ending sexual harassment
With complaints against the fast-food chain for sexual harassment multiplying in recent years around the world, McDonald's has just signed a legally binding agreement with the Equality and Human...
14 February 2023
United Kingdom: companies pledge support to employees going through divorce
An array of major UK companies – including supermarkets Asda and Tesco, banks NatWest and Metro Bank, consulting group PwC, consumer goods giant Unilever and telecommunications group Vodafone –...
30 January 2023
Franck Bodikian (ManpowerGroup France): “We must ensure that we maintain a balance between the generations”
On 30 June 2022, the staffing firm ManpowerGroup France (3,500 permanent employees) signed a new employment and career management agreement (GEPP) that introduces specific training measures for...
26 January 2023
Great Britain: independent builders group IGBM staff receive discounts on energy saving insulation materials
UK building materials retailer IBMG (Independent Builders Merchants Group) is offering a staff discount on its insulating and draught-proofing materials to help employees save money on their...
3 January 2023
Germany: Deutsche Bahn pays €150 bonus to staff proposing energy saving ideas
Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s national railway operator and a huge consumer of electricity, revealed on Wednesday 14 December that its search for good ideas to reduce energy waste, launched in...
16 December 2022
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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
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
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
4 November 2025
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Italy: European pay transparency directive, a major step forward for businesses
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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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
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
4 November 2025
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025