Germany: IG Metall criticises Tesla for withholding pay in event of illness
In a statement published on 14 March, the IG Metall union once again criticised the management of the Tesla factory in Grünheide, this time regarding their practices on sick leave and wage...
China: labour administration declares an employer’s order for employees to marry as illegal
On 14 February, the local office of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security declared unlawful a directive from the Shuntian Chemical factory requiring that its single status staff...
11 March 2025
Germany: 11% of companies offer a four-day week
According to a survey carried out jointly by Randstad’s German subsidiary and the IfO Institute for Economic Research in Munich among a panel of 1,000 human resources managers, one German...
Germany: mixed interim results for the four-day week pilot project
Since February 2024, 45 German companies have been testing the four-day working week as part of a project launched by the consultancy firm Intraprenör, which has just published an interim...
HR managers overwhelmed by managing emergencies (survey)
While HR managers are generally satisfied with their quality of life at work, they nevertheless complain that they spend a lot of time managing day-to-day issues. The international study...
Germany: the headache of corporate initiatives against the far right
In the highly regulated world of Germany's social market economy, companies have generally avoided taking political positions externally and, even more so, internally. But the strong rise of the...
South Korea: Samsung invites executives to work six days a week
Prompted by worse-than-expected financial results, South Korean electronics giant Samsung is asking executives at its subsidiaries to come and work on Saturdays or Sundays to "overcome" the...
26 April 2024
United Kingdom: 9% pay rise at Tesco
UK supermarket chain Tesco has significantly increased its hourly pay with effect from 1 April, taking the wage level slightly above the Real Living Wage. The group has also announced an increase...
8 April 2024
Laurence Hulin (La Poste): “We have created expert roles to support disabled employees”
France's postal service operator La Poste, which has 238,000 employees, has pursued an active policy that has made it one of the leading employers of disabled employees in the country, starting...
22 February 2024
United Kingdom: investigation into sexual harassment in the City
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s financial regulator, has ordered more than 1,000 banks, insurance companies and brokers to detail how many cases of sexual harassment...
20 February 2024
Germany: Bayer details its ‘fundamental’ internal reorganisation programme
Bill Anderson, the new chief executive of German pharmaceutical and agrochemical conglomerate Bayer, has launched the Dynamic Shared Ownership programme in a bid to revitalise the company...
13 February 2024
Société Générale and Deutsche Bank announce redundancy plans
European banks are tightening their belts. Firstly, French banking group Société Générale announced on 5 February the elimination of around 900 head office positions...
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...
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
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Ireland: minimum wage increase of 5,6% from 1 January 2027
The info. The Irish government has included a minimum wage increase of 79 cents in its Budget 2027, in line with recommendations from the Low Pay Commission. The rate will rise from €14.15...
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Denmark: government prepares implementation of pay transparency in March 2027
The news. On 8 October, the Danish executive submitted the bill transposing the European Pay Transparency Directive to the national Parliament. The text stems from an agreement between trade...
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China: draft bill to strengthen platform workers’ rights
On 8 October, the Chinese government published a draft bill open for consultation aimed at providing minimum guarantees to non-employee platform workers in terms of pay and working conditions. The...
23 October 2026
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Is a global wage freeze at Volkswagen possible?
The existence of an option to implement a global wage freeze until 2030 has been confirmed by the management of the German group Volkswagen, which nevertheless provides no details and refers to...
20 October 2026
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France: paid leave for victims of sexual and domestic violence finally adopted
The news. On 13 October, the French National Assembly unanimously approved, among voting members, the “comprehensive bill” aimed at protecting victims of sexual and gender-based...
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Spain: metal industry employers cut sick pay top-ups
To curb absenteeism, Spanish social partners in the metal sector are introducing new clauses into regional collective agreements to reduce the top-up payments made by employers during sick leave...
2 November 2026