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Looking back at 2023: four-day week gains momentum
First tested on a large scale in Iceland in 2015, the concept of the four-day week moved up a gear in 2023. Experiments continued around the world under the impetus of the 4 Days Week Global...
9 January 2024
Portugal: 95% satisfaction rate among companies to test four-day week
The initial results of Portugal's four-day week trial, published on 12 December, show high levels of satisfaction among both participating companies and the employees concerned. The experiment...
13 December 2023
Italy: Lamborghini introduces a four-day week at its plants
On 5 December, after a year of negotiations, the management at Automobili Lamborghini and the FIOM CGIL and FIM CISL trade unions signed a new company agreement for the years 2023-2026, focusing...
7 December 2023
EU: over 8 in 10 employees say they have received emails outside working hours (study)
The right to disconnect does not prevent workers from being contacted outside working hours and responding to requests. These are the findings of a Eurofound survey of employees in the European...
4 December 2023
France: Lidl trials the four-day week in shops
Lidl has revealed in a press release that, since September, it has been trialling new ways of organising work in its supermarkets in order to promote a better work-life balance and attract talent...
28 November 2023
L’Oréal expands Share & Care global social protection programme
To mark the 10th anniversary of its Share & Care programme, which guarantees a minimum level of social protection for all its 88,000 employees worldwide, cosmetics giant L’Oréal...
21 November 2023
EU: negotiations over framework agreement on telework terminated
After giving themselves two weeks to reflect and agree on a compromise, European social partners formally terminated negotiations on 9 November, one year after they began. The unions are blaming...
13 November 2023
Belgium: social partners publish recommendations to better prevent burnout
On 8 November, the National Labour Council (CNT), a joint consultative body, drew up recommendations to better prevent burnout among workers. The aim is to improve the psychosocial working...
10 November 2023
France: Acorus implements broad-spectrum prevention scheme to reduce workplace accidents
French construction group Acorus, which specialises in the renovation of property assets, has implemented an active safety policy that has helped halve the number of lost days due to accidents in...
6 November 2023
Germany: four-day week pilot project launched
Intraprenör, the German work organisation consultancy, is to lead the first major four-day week pilot study in the country, in partnership with 4 Day Week Global. This not-for-profit...
2 November 2023
Belgium: companies with at least 50 employees to be required to appoint confidential counsellor to prevent psychosocial risks
On 26 October, Belgium’s Chamber of Representatives adopted a bill containing various provisions relating to employment, including making it compulsory for companies with 50 or more...
2 November 2023
France: growth in the burnout market
The term burnout is sometimes overused, but over the past four years or so this phenomenon has given rise to the emergence of dedicated applications. As Julien Alart, co-founder of Lumm, and Dr...
23 October 2023
Ireland: Ikea to pay living wage of €14.80 an hour from 1 January 2024
In a press release on 9 October, the interior design giant – part of the Ingka Group – announced that it will pay its employees in Ireland a living wage of €14.80 an hour from...
18 October 2023
Austria: parental leave now includes two months reserved for each parent
Legislative changes have been made to parental leave to encourage a more equitable division of family duties between men and women. The new text also introduces extended care-giving leave.
17 October 2023
Barilla offers 12 weeks’ paid parental leave
On 10 October, the food group announced the launch of a new global company parental policy taking effect from 1 January 2024. The change, applicable to the company’s 8,7000 employees, will...
16 October 2023
EU: Employment Council adopts first text on mental health at work
One day on from World Mental Health Day, the topic is becoming even more of an issue at European level. On 9 October, the Council of the European Union meeting of labour and employment ministers...
11 October 2023
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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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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...
13 October 2026
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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...
12 October 2026
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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...
14 October 2026
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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