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Italy: interview of Filippo Adamo, President of the Italian People Management association, on changes and challenges for the HR function
Employee motivation and commitment are the biggest challenge for HR managers in Italy today, according to Filippo Adamo, President of the AIDP (Associazione Italiana per la Direzione del...
12 June 2014
Great Britain: workers off on Friday afternoons this summer
More and more British firms are giving workers their Friday afternoons off in the summer to motivate them. Certain experts are worried about this phenomenon, known as Summer Friday, fearing all...
10 June 2014
Great Britain: nearly 14 percent of Britons work from home
4.2 million British people worked from their homes in the first 2014 quarter. Unions are hoping to keep improving this historical record.
9 June 2014
Corporate practice: how Hilti Svenska AB is banking on proximity management to improve its turnover
Named Best Workplace in Sweden in 2014, the company that specializes in manufacturing and selling construction products beat Microsoft AB, which only ranks second in the “250 workers or more...
27 May 2014
Great Britain: Pizza Hut’s HR become pizza makers for a night
In the middle of its restructuring program, the British subsidiary of the fast food giant, Pizza Hut, is asking all members of its HR service to serve pizzas at least once in its restaurants to...
19 May 2014
NeuroLeadership, or how understanding how the brain works to manage better
After conquering the United States – where at least 1,000 large businesses allegedly use this method according to the NeuroLeadership Institute – neuroleadership is tackling Europe, where training...
9 May 2014
ebm-papst: German industrial fan leader lets employees work “whenever they want”
World leader in its section, ebm-papst group has recently launched, in its head office in Mulfingen (Baden-Württemberg), an extremely flexible working time system. Indeed, the 1,000 employees...
30 April 2014
Porsche: wide flexible working time plan to boost productivity
In spite of its rising workforce and working and pay conditions a lot of employees dream about, the major increase in pace in the factories of the jewel of the German auto industry is putting...
28 April 2014
Siemens Italia completely transforms its offices with a groundbreaking flexible working time system
“New Siemens Office” was launched in Italy in 2011. In 212, it won the Buone Pratiche HR award, handed out by the Italian Association for Personnel Management (AIDP). Now covering 1,700...
9 April 2014
BMW signs company agreement on managing “mobile working time” (Germany)
After bargaining and experimenting for a year, the management of the German carmaker, BMW, and the company’s central works council announced that they had signed a company agreement to define and...
17 February 2014
EY (formerly Ernst&Young) tackles the taboo of employees’ mental suffering
The financial audit giant, EY (formerly Ernst&Young), has recently launched a new employee wellbeing program for its UK employees. For the first time, it focuses on psychological support and...
11 February 2014
United States: Merrill Lynch encourages junior investment bankers to take one day off per week
After a young intern died who had stayed up several nights in a row last summer in London, Bank of America’s investment bank, Merrill Lynch, has recently issued an internal note calling on its...
13 January 2014
Objective zero harm: the bet made by EDF Energy in the UK
Since 2008, EDF Energy – the British subsidiary of EDF group, with more than 15,000 employees in nuclear, gas and renewable energy – has set up a groundbreaking health and wellbeing program, “Zero...
17 December 2013
Great Britain: e-cigarettes are HR managers’ new nightmare
The growing success of electronic cigarettes is forcing businesses to come up with new regulations. But how to consider this atypical product, which some present as a weapon against tobacco but...
13 November 2013
At TDC, the biggest telecom company in Denmark, employee who smoke outside of collective breaks now have to “compensate” the time gone up in smoke
On October 1, at TDC, the biggest telecom company in Denmark (8,500 employees), a new antismoking policy came into force. It provides for a complete ban on smoking inside the premises and in...
2 October 2013
Sickness presenteeism: a rampant phenomenon in industrialized countries
Sickness presenteeism – employees who go to work when they are sick – is a reality heads of businesses know little of in western countries. Yet it’s real, as real as absenteeism, and can be...
17 September 2013
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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: government submits draft on pay transparency
On 6 March, the French government sent social partners a draft bill to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive. The text provides details on the implementation timetable, corporate...
9 March 2026
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Spain: report proposes democratising employee participation
On 2 February, Spanish labour minister Yolanda Diaz presented the conclusions of a report on democracy in the workplace. The document, which calls for employees to be given a say in...
25 February 2026
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Italy: Deliveroo and Glovo targeted by justice over courier working conditions
The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office has ordered two of Italy's leading food delivery platforms, Foodinho (Glovo) and Deliveroo, to be placed under judicial administration. According to...
9 March 2026
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Germany: menopause issues finally gain corporate recognition
With 12 million women over 40 in the labour force, German companies and occupational health professionals are beginning to adopt support policies for those affected by menopause-related issues...
19 March 2026
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Valérie Decaux (La Poste): “Our older workers policy is based on individualisation to move beyond age-related-stigmatisation”
La Poste Group (nearly 200,000 employees in France) unveiled its first senior employment agreement in late February. The text outlines measures for early retirement assistance, workplace...
10 March 2026
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Argentina: labour reform passed by Parliament
Legislation deregulating the framework labour law was definitively adopted by Argentine Parliament on Friday 27 February. The CGT, the country's primary trade union federation, filed legal...
4 March 2026