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Italy: Crédit Agricole subsidiary in Italy extends optional paternity leave
On 26 October Crédit Agricole Italia together with the FABI, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions signed an agreement that provides for additional paternity leave. Thus in...
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16 November 2022
United Kingdom: Boots offers staff discounted childcare at nurseries
Boots, the UK pharmacy chain and health and beauty retailer, has unveiled a new partnership with the country’s leading nursery group Busy Bees. Under the agreement announced on 1 November...
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14 November 2022
Italy: Generali turns to smart working in a bid to lower energy consumption costs
In order to manage escalating energy prices, due in particular to events in Ukraine, Italian insurer Generali (13,000 employees in Italy) will be turning to remote working arrangements as a way of...
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9 November 2022
Unilever testing the four-day week in Argentina and Australia
After having adopted the shorter working week in New Zealand, following an 18-month trial period, UK consumer good multinational Unilever (Dove, Knorr, Cif...), has announced the launch of a...
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9 November 2022
United Kingdom: Marks & Spencer offers four-day week option to managers
The emblematic British retailer Marks & Spencer has unveiled a new flexible working proposition for more than 3,000 retail managers, available from January 2023. Dubbed “Worklife”...
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7 November 2022
Great Britain: Co-op supermarket group offers unlimited fertility leave
On 31 October, longstanding British consumer co-operative, Co-op, announced it was implementing a landmark policy that supports employees undergoing fertility treatment. The scheme will allow...
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3 November 2022
United States: New York City imposes salary transparency in job vacancy postings
On 01 November salary transparency legislation came into effect in New York City and applies to all job vacancy postings. All businesses looking to recruit must now specify the hourly or annual...
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3 November 2022
Italy: remote work practised at 91% of large companies but only “true” agile working has positive effects
In 2022, 3.6 million Italian employees practised so-called “agile working”, marking a decline of 500,000 compared to 2021, a year during which there were more lockdowns due to the...
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28 October 2022
“It is important to involve the elected representatives of the Economic and Social Committee (Works Councils) and the staff on climate issues”, Arnauld Héry, HR Director of Dekra France
Arnauld Héry joined Dekra France (4,600 employees) in 2021 as head of training, following a long career at McDonalds, notably as European head of training and subsequently as head of...
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25 October 2022
Ireland: Lidl becomes first supermarket to adopt new Living Wage
German supermarket chain Lidl announced on 20 October that it will increase the minimum wage across its operations in Ireland to €13.85 per hour. With this move, Lidl becomes the first major...
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21 October 2022
Slovakia: introduction of a 14-day paid paternity leave entitlement
An amendment to Slovakia’s Labour Code provides for two weeks of paid leave (14 calendar days) for new fathers, which can be extended in cases where the child/children or mother are...
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20 October 2022
EU: nearly half of workers feel more stressed since Covid-19 pandemic (survey results)
More than four in 10 European Union (EU) workers (44%) say their stress at work has risen since the pandemic, according to an OSH Pulse survey of EU Member States plus Iceland and Norway...
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20 October 2022
Diageo: mental health app made available to all staff
The UK-headquartered alcoholic beverage giant Diageo announced on 10 October that its 27,000 employees worldwide will have access to the mental health application Unmind, which aims to help...
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17 October 2022
Italy: Intesa Sanpaolo proposes a 4-day working week to trade unions
As part of Italy’s leading banking group’s negotiations on work flexibility that it has recently started with the trade union bodies, the bank has made a number of proposals, including...
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13 October 2022
Great Britain: Virgin Media O2 creates its own carer leave
On 06 October, the UK telecommunications giant unveiled a series of measures to support employees. Among them is a financial boost to cope with inflation, leave time for neonatal birth, and also a...
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13 October 2022
Germany: DIY chain Hornbach introduces tailor-made work
After a three-month pilot phase, Germany’s third-largest DIY chain (by revenues) decided to offer its 11,000 employees a ‘tailor-made work system.’ In it are five cumulative options for adjusting...
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13 October 2022
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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