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Great Britain: UK Tesco staff offered virtual appointments with private general practitioners seven days per week
From July 2023, the UK supermarket giant’s new workplace well-being policy is offering its 310,000 employees access to online GP consultations 7 days a week (via video or telephone). Tesco...
11 July 2023
Spain: new leave periods to facilitate better work-life balance
Le gouvernement a approuvé par décret d’application immédiate, le 27 juin, une série de nouveaux congés pour une meilleure conciliation de la vie...
28 June 2023
Great Britain: building materials group Tarmac adds another element to its ongoing policy of supporting women in work
On 09 June, Tarmac announced that going forward it would be providing free period care products to all its female UK employees. This move is part of an overall policy to support and include women...
14 June 2023
United Kingdom: Aon creates carers’ leave allowance
Aon, the UK-headquartered insurance broker, provider of reinsurance and human capital consulting organisation, announced on 7 June the launch of a carers’ leave policy, which will allow its 6,000...
9 June 2023
USA: Nvidia group including menopause treatment in its employee health package
Since the start of 2023 the US leader in computer graphics has been offering targeted support for staff with menopause symptoms via access to the Peppy Health online platform. This represents a...
7 June 2023
Great Britain: Amazon UK offering employees employment contracts that are adapted to the school term time calendar
Called ‘Term-time contracts’, these employment contracts mean UK staff (75,000) do not work during their children’s school holidays. This new arrangement is currently only available for staff at...
7 June 2023
Germany: pioneering employee mental health project at mutual insurance group DEVK Versicherungen
‘Mental health: stop the taboo’ is the title of the corporate health management (CHM) project that the German mutual insurance group DEVK Versicherungen implemented in 2022, earning it a...
6 June 2023
France: scale-up Qonto supports growth push with mental health start-up moka.care
Since 2019, French financial services company Qonto has offered its staff access to mental health professionals, group prevention workshops and training for managers with the help of the start-up...
2 June 2023
Great Britain: redundancy protection extended for expectant and new parents
On 24 May King Charles III signed the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill into law. Once in force, this legislation will afford pregnant women and new parents extended...
1 June 2023
Great Britain: Marks & Spencer introduces special neonatal leave for parents of babies requiring this specialist care
The iconic UK retailer chain’s Neonatal Paid Leave policy now means its 65,000 employees can take up to 12 weeks fully paid if their baby requires specialist neonatal care. In this way the group...
30 May 2023
Ireland: Vodafone introduces paid leave for caregivers
On 15 May, Vodafone Ireland, the UK telecommunications giant’s wholly owned Irish subsidiary announced its new ‘Caring for Vulnerable Others’ policy. The scheme will allow the...
17 May 2023
United Kingdom: Co-op introduces flexible compassionate leave policy
The UK supermarket cooperative Co-op has launched a new compassionate leave policy for its 57,000 employees, granting them 10 days of leave – taken at any time and not necessarily in a single...
5 May 2023
EU: European Economic and Social Council calls for a new directive on preventing psychosocial risks at work
On 27 April, the European Economic and Social Council (EESC) adopted a resolution calling for a directive on the prevention of psychosocial risks at work. At the vanguard since July 2022, Spain...
2 May 2023
France: PwC launches a pilot programme to support staff as they deal with the challenges of parenthood
The major professional services and accounting firm is adding more benefits to its Family Care scheme that was set up in 2017. In July 2023 three new measures will be piloted to facilitate...
27 April 2023
United Kingdom: Superdrug and Savers take care of employees’ mental and financial well-being
Superdrug and Savers, the UK health and beauty retail chains owned by industry giant AS Watson Group, have announced a series of measures aimed at better supporting their employees amid the rising...
21 April 2023
France: Carrefour proposing specific leave for endometriosis, miscarriage, and MAR
On 09 April, Alexandre Bompard, CEO of the multinational retailing group announced the introduction of paid leave for absences that are specifically related to women’s health. Employees...
20 April 2023
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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
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
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EU: Commission launches consultation with social partners on quality jobs
On 4 December, the European Commission launched the first phase of consultation with social partners with a view to a European directive on jobs, which is scheduled for the end of 2026. It could...
4 December 2025
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EDF bans alcohol on all its sites
From 1 January 2026, French energy giant EDF (180,000 employees) will prohibit alcohol consumption at all internal and external corporate events, from social gatherings to seminars. The policy...
26 November 2025
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United Kingdom: government scraps plan to introduce ‘day one’ protection against unfair dismissal
The UK government announced on 27 November, in a statement, that it would not be introducing the right to challenge unfair dismissal (without cause) from the first day of employment in its...
3 December 2025
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Poland: bill adopted to amend definition of psychological harassment
On 27 November, the Polish cabinet adopted a draft amendment to the labour code aimed at simplifying the definition of psychological harassment at work, or “mobbing” (Article 94 3)...
4 December 2025
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EU: MEPs demand directive on algorithmic management
Members of the European Parliament have called for a directive on algorithmic management. Such legislation would introduce obligations for companies to inform employees, assess health and safety...
17 December 2025
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Austria: European rules on wage transparency expected to cause a cultural shock
With the gender pay gap in Austria being the second largest in the European Union (18.3%), the Austrian government has promised to introduce a bill next spring to transpose the European directive...
27 November 2025