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Automobile giant Ford is offering its European employees the opportunity to find someone to share their job with – either internally or externally – by using a web-based matchmaking tool. The...

5 December 2022

United Kingdom: over 100 companies spontaneously adopt four-day week

4 Day Week, a not-for-profit organisation campaigning nationwide in the UK for a four-day working week, has announced that – beyond a pilot programme it has launched, ongoing at 70 UK...

2 December 2022

Italy: TIM (formerly Telecom Italia) defines new hybrid working arrangements

Improving the efficacy of hybrid work and saving energy by office closures and Fridays are the main objectives of the agreement that was signed on 22 November at Italy’s telecommunications giant...

1 December 2022

Germany: growing shortage of tech and science experts (study)

The renowned German Economic Institute (IW) in Cologne has published its annual study on the situation for so-called “MINT” – mathematics, information technology, natural...

28 November 2022

Spain: BBVA looks to take care of teams’ emotional well-being

Spanish banking group BBVA is promoting an array of initiatives – from yoga lessons to mindfulness and knitting classes – that seek to bolster connections between staff members and raise awareness...

25 November 2022

Great Britain: in the face of record inflation, Tesco is offering advance salary payments of up to 25%

Having already increased its basic pay across its shop network twice this year, making a total increase of 8%, UK supermarket giant Tesco is now offering its employees advance payments from their...

24 November 2022

France: Société Générale addresses PSR prevention amid a period of unease at the soon to be merged bank

According to our information, on 10 November French bank Société Générale together with three trade unions reached an agreement on ‘quality of life and working conditions’. The text significantly...

16 November 2022

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...

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...

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...

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...

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”...

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...

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...

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...

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...

25 October 2022

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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

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

France: Orange submits gender equality agreement – including AI provisions – for union approval

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

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31 October 2025

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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