QWL and health

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: Tesco makes flexible working available to staff as of their first day of employment

Since 03 August 2023, new employees of supermarket giant Tesco have been able to apply for flexible working right from their first day of work. Prior to this staff had to complete the statutory 26...

31 August 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

Chile: draft legislation introduces hybrid work for parents and carers

On 17 July, and with a view to securing prompt adoption, the bill aimed at improving work-life balance, which Chile’s President Gabriel Boric announced on 01 June was presented to Congress...

8 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

United States: is 100% remote work nearing an end?

Having been innovators in this arena, a growing number of US companies appear to be backtracking on "full" remote work arrangements and are trying to get their workforces back into the office...

17 July 2023

International HR labels: how to choose the one that best suits your objectives

Highlighting a company’s HR and/or CSR policy, enhancing an employer’s brand and credibility with external stakeholders, displaying a company’s committment to continuous improvement in its social...

12 July 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

Italy: final adoption of the Labour Law

Italy’s Parliament has converted the 01 May ‘Labour Decree’ into law. Amendments introduced during the parliamentary debate include in particular the refinancing of a number of measures designed...

6 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

Luxembourg: right to disconnect introduced into labour code

The right to disconnect is to be enshrined in Luxembourg’s labour code, after the Chamber of Deputies of the Grand Duchy passed bill n°7890 on 13 June. Under this text, which was tabled...

20 June 2023

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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

France: Crédit Agricole to tighten remote work rules

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

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Spain: government seeks to strengthen protection for employee whistleblowers

On 28 July, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved a draft bill aimed at providing legal protection to employees who report corruption or breaches of labour law, shielding them from potential...

27 August 2026

France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill

After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...

10 September 2026

Netherlands: Uber fined over 800 million euros for automated algorithmic decisions

The news. In a decision dated 17 August, the Dutch Data Protection Authority fined ride-hailing company Uber €825 million for automating decisions regarding driver account deactivations. The...

24 August 2026

Italy: Crédit Agricole introduces a handbook on managerial behaviour

The document adopted in mid-July by Crédit Agricole Italia and the main banking trade unions goes beyond the proper use of meetings and emails. This six-point handbook aims to foster constructive...

3 September 2026

Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency

The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...

8 September 2026

Germany: introduction of the concept of partial incapacity for work

The news. On 10 July, the German Parliament definitively adopted the “Act to Stabilise Contribution Rates in the Statutory Health Insurance System”...

27 August 2026