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United Kingdom: online lender Landbay introduces miscarriage leave of up to six weeks
Online UK lender Landbay has this week announced the introduction of a paid leave allowance of up to six weeks for employees that suffer a miscarriage. The period of leave is the longest of its...
21 February 2022
Germany: the Versicherungskammer insurance group converts to ‘Smart Working’
Germany's 9th largest insurer has seized the opportunity presented by the Covid-19 pandemic to transform what had previously been a relatively traditional plan, aimed at making its working methods...
17 February 2022
France: external audit fosters “dynamic of progress”, says Martine Bordonné, director of telework and nomadism at Orange (interview)
French telecommunications group Orange was one of the first three companies to receive the WIWO (Work In Work Out) label awarded by the Incitu collective on 10 December, following a four-month...
14 February 2022
France: “trust and empowerment” key to successfully implementing flexible work, says Jacqueline Haver Droeze, Accenture HR director (interview)
In the aftermath of the Covid-19 health crisis, consulting group Accenture has embarked on an overhaul of the way work is organised at its French business. In addition to broadening use of remote...
8 February 2022
Ireland: Bank of Ireland turning to its ‘remote working hubs’ to make work even more flexible
On 25 January 2022, the Irish bank, which employs roughly 10,000 staff, announced it was opening five additional remote working hubs, bringing the total number of its hybrid offices to 11. Located...
27 January 2022
France: at Kantar, the weekend starts on Friday at 3pm
Since July 2021, employees at the market research and consulting company Kantar Insights France have been able to stop work at 3pm every Friday. This measure, which was originally run on a trial...
26 January 2022
Italy: Michelin’s subsidiary innovates on agile work and the right to disconnect
‘Smart workers’ at Michelin Italy will be able to work remotely for up to 60% of their working time, and will benefit from a strictly organised right to disconnect. In addition, and on a one year...
19 January 2022
Japan: Panasonic adopts “optional” four-day working week
An increasing number of companies in Japan are offering their staff the option of working a 32-hour week, in keeping with recommendations issued by the country’s government in June last year...
17 January 2022
Publicis Groupe offering its employees the opportunity to work up to 6 weeks a year from another country
The French multinational advertising and public relations company is launching its ‘Work Your World’ programme that will give its employees the opportunity to work from any region or country in...
16 December 2021
German CIB Group introduces four-day working week
Since 06 September, the digital solutions company CIB has switched over to a four-day working week with shortened weekly hours (36 instead of 40 previously), Thursday nights off, and the digital...
21 October 2021
Great Britain: Arup employees allowed to split their working time over all 7 days in the week
Since 20 May, London-based professional services group Arup, which employs 6,000 people in the United Kingdom, has been implementing a flexible work organization model that supplants the...
13 October 2021
France: Covid-19 crisis boosts wave of new QWL tools
During the HR Solutions trade show, where HR innovation start-ups, specialized companies and clients have all gathered together to meet in Paris, Planet Labor wanted to explore the main tools...
9 September 2021
Hootsuite offers employees an additional week off to relieve ‘digital fatigue’ after 15 months of telework
This Canadian social networking specialist company has decided to offer 7 additional calendar days off to all its employees worldwide, in addition to the already implemented non-working Friday...
7 July 2021
Credit Suisse to allow its employees decide on how they structure their teleworking arrangements
From the end of the year, The Way We Work initiative that Credit Suisse launched globally will in principle allow employees to work permanently away from the office. The initiative should enable...
7 July 2021
France: paternity leave extended from 11 to 25 calendar days
From 01 July 2021, fresh extensions to paternity and new children leave come into effect, rising from the current 11 to 25 calendar days for a single child, and from 18 to 32 calendar days for...
30 June 2021
Colombia: congress approves extension of paternity leave and establishes parental leave allowance
Paternity leave is to be extended and a portion of maternity leave is to be converted into a shared 6-week parental leave allowance, under a bill tabled by José Daniel López, a...
21 June 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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Spain: government seeks to strengthen protection for employee whistleblowers
On 28 July, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved a draft bill aimed at providing legal protection to employees who report corruption or breaches of labour law, shielding them from potential...
27 August 2026
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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Netherlands: Uber fined over 800 million euros for automated algorithmic decisions
The news. In a decision dated 17 August, the Dutch Data Protection Authority fined ride-hailing company Uber €825 million for automating decisions regarding driver account deactivations. The...
24 August 2026
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Italy: Crédit Agricole introduces a handbook on managerial behaviour
The document adopted in mid-July by Crédit Agricole Italia and the main banking trade unions goes beyond the proper use of meetings and emails. This six-point handbook aims to foster constructive...
3 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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Germany: introduction of the concept of partial incapacity for work
The news. On 10 July, the German Parliament definitively adopted the “Act to Stabilise Contribution Rates in the Statutory Health Insurance System”...
27 August 2026