QWL and health

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

France: Decathlon’s onboarding platform geared to optimising the integration of dual work-study participants

French sporting goods company Decathlon has called on the Heyteam onboarding platform to harmonise the integration of its work-study students, the number of whom has more than doubled in three...

20 April 2023

United States: a law that would make salary transparency mandatory for employers

Since 2021, several U.S. states including California, Connecticut and Washington have followed Colorado’s lead by passing legislation to ensure salary transparency. This forward-thinking...

19 April 2023

Spain: Inditex committing to effective equality

Spanish multinational clothing and textile group Inditex, which owns the Zara enterprise, has negotiated its first equality plan with the trade unions. The plan includes a hundred or so measures...

18 April 2023

Schneider Electric: a global pay equity framework to reduce gender inequality

Since 2015 the French multinational digital automation and energy management company has been implementing a global pay equity framework. The framework has been fully deployed for two years in all...

13 April 2023

Spain: entire city of Valencia tests the 4-day week for four consecutive weeks

In a municipal decision, the city of Valencia will see all businesses and public administrations close every Monday from 10 April until 07 May. The aim of this experiment is to test the impact of...

12 April 2023

Ireland: establishment of the universal right to request remote work and the right to paid leave for victims of domestic violence

On 30 March the Irish Parliament passed the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill and the President will sign it into law. The text includes several provisions for parents and...

6 April 2023

Fabrice Staad and Paul Sauveplane (Alan): “We apply radical transparency within the company” (interview)

Digital health insurance company Alan is not only one of France’s stand-out scale-up businesses; it has developed a corporate culture that makes it pretty unique in the world of work. Chief...

5 April 2023

EU: European Parliament votes in favour of the European pay transparency directive

On 30 March 2023 and at a time when the gender wage gap is still at 13% in the European Union, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour (427 in support and 79 against) of the...

30 March 2023

Great Britain: Ikea UK commits to improving its sexual harassment policy and practice

The UK subsidiary of the Swedish furniture giant (with approximately 11,700 UK employees) has just signed a legally binding agreement with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). This...

28 March 2023

United Kingdom: Channel 4 launches menstrual health policy

Channel 4, the UK public broadcast television service, has launched a company policy aimed at helping its female employees manage symptoms related to their periods at work, by offering greater...

27 March 2023

France: harnessing the technological tools of marketing to address candidate shortages

Programmatic HR, which helps optimise online recruitment, through automation as well as the use of advertising data, is becoming increasingly popular with companies. For a few years now, several...

17 March 2023

Gertrud Götze (T-Systems Austria/Schweiz): “The four-day week is an attractive project, but requires careful preparation”

Based on the initiative of Gertrud Götze, Vice President of the Human Resources Department for the Austrian and Swiss subsidiaries of German digital services company, T-Systems, the Austrian...

8 March 2023

Italy: insurance arm of Intesa Sanpaolo pens agreement with unions on four-day working week

Staff at the insurance business of Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo will be able to work a four-day week, structured as nine hours per day and at the same level of pay, under an agreement...

3 March 2023

Sodexo creates a global social protection base for its employees

On 21 February, Sodexo, the French food services and facilities management company announced the creation of its Vita benefits programme that will provide all of the group’s 422,000...

1 March 2023

Spain: El Corte Inglés launches a voluntary redundancy plan for older workers

Retail chain El Corte Inglés, Spain's leading department store chain, has presented the trade unions with a reorganization plan as a way of coping with the changing face of both the retail sector...

1 March 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

mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators

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 (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”

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

France: generative AI and older workers central to BPCE’s skills management strategy

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

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

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

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

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

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