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Great Britain: Tesco introduces paid leave for employees who are legal guardians
On 26 September 2023, the UK supermarket giant announced the introduction of a new category of leave for employees who are taking care of relatives’ children and for whom they are the legal...
28 September 2023
Italy: employees of shipbuilder Fincantieri granted greater access to remote work
Under an agreement penned this summer by the Fincantieri group, Europe's leading shipbuilder, and the Fiom-Cgil, Fim-Cisl and UILM trade unions, the number of employees eligible for smart working...
22 September 2023
Mexico: draft legislation to accommodate paid leave period for the care of a sick child
The conservative National Action Party Senator Erandi Bermúdez Méndez is backing a bill that aims to introduce a specific paid leave into federal labour law, namely a leave period...
19 September 2023
Germany: launches a four-day working week pilot programme
On 21 September 2023, consulting firm Intrapenör and the 4 Day Week Global association will be piloting a project to reduce working hours while maintaining full pay. Roughly fifty companies are...
19 September 2023
Luxembourg: introduction of new family leave periods for employees
During the summer 2023 two laws were published in Luxembourg's Official Gazette aimed at facilitating employees’ work-life balance. Specifically, two new leave entitlements for employees assisting...
14 September 2023
Romania: parents can now benefit from additional days of remote/teleworking
Law 241/2023 of 20 July 2023 grants parents of children up to the age of 11 the opportunity of 4 additional days of ‘working from home’ or teleworking per month, provided that the...
12 September 2023
Great Britain: Tesco supermarket offers to equip its employees with body cameras
UK supermarket giant Tesco (300,000 employees) is offering to equip every frontline shop worker with a body camera in a bid to counter the sharp rise in physical assaults perpetrated by customers...
8 September 2023
Italy: telecoms group TIM trials (almost) 100% remote work
Italian telecommunications group TIM is launching a pilot project this month that will see 1,000 of its employees work almost entirely remotely, with the obligation of coming to the office only...
1 September 2023
France: Safran commits to measures facilitating parenthood
French aerospace manufacturer Safran has signed a company agreement with its trade unions (CFDT, CFE-CGC, CGT and FO), designed to offer its employees a range of support measures to help them in...
1 September 2023
Great Britain: Lloyds Banking Group offering a four-day working week option
During the summer, the UK’s Lloyds Banking Group (60,000 employees globally) launched its new Flexibility Works policy, which will enable its UK employees to compress a five-day working week into...
30 August 2023
Italy: Stellantis to open innovative workplace facility on ex-Fiat’s historic Mirafiori site in Turin
Fiat’s emblematic Mirafiori headquarters in Turin that dates back to the 1930s is to become one of the Stellantis Group’s (Fiat:PSA merger) three landmark European ‘grEEn...
8 August 2023
Italy: banking sector employees approve trade unions’ platform of demands as sector collective agreement still awaits renewal
With the procedures for renewing the banking sector’s collective bargaining agreement running behind schedule, the sector’s social partners agreed to extend the previous agreement from its expiry...
11 July 2023
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
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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