QWL and health

In the past few years the issue of workplace mental health has come to the fore in the UK. Mental health first aid training, manager awareness packs, even the Mental Health at Work website...

6 December 2018

Great Britain: Aviva’s parental leave for second parents program proves successful

Introduced just a year ago (c.f. article No. 10475) Aviva’s second parent parental leave program that allows all employees who become parents regardless of gender to take a fixed period of paid...

21 November 2018

Italy: ‘smart working’ is on the rise

According to the annual report published on 30 October by the Politecnico di Milano School of Management Observatory, over a year after the approval of Law 81 2017 that regulated ‘agile working’...

7 November 2018

Finland: university thesis examines new technology based recruitment methods

In May 2018, Reija Oksanen at the University of Tampere Faculty of Management presented a Master’s thesis on new technology based recruitment methods that in particular examines those phases in...

7 November 2018

Germany: status report on the ZEITREICH (Time-Rich) project that aims to support SMEs achieve working time solutions, which benefit both their and their employees’ interests

While Germany’s working-time debate continues apace and the country’s trade unions seek working time arrangements that include employees’ needs alongside company profits, the ZEITREICH (Time-Rich)...

17 October 2018

Germany: how digitalization is changing the face of recruitment

During the ‘Labor.a 2018’ conference that focused on digital transformations within the world of work that was held in Berlin on 13 September, Anna Sauter-Getschmann, Innovation Manager at...

8 October 2018

Argentina: digital sector initiatives to retain young talent

Economic crisis aside, Argentina’s digital companies are struggling to hold onto young talent and are developing policies to try and attract them. Against a backdrop of a labor market known for...

6 September 2018

Portugal: law promoting equal pay for men and women set to come into force

The law proposed by the government, which was approved by the country’s national assembly and published in its official journal in August, covers three key aspects: raising awareness of the issue...

3 September 2018

United Kingdom: a breakdown of gender pay gap figures

More than 10,000 UK companies with 250 employees or more published their gender pay gap in time for the April 4 deadline set by the country’s government, as part of a new law adopted in 2017 (see...

9 April 2018

Vodafone looks to boost the digital skills of 10 million young people worldwide

At the end of March 2018, UK telecommunications giant Vodafone presented a landmark program that aims to provide careers guidance as well as more access to digital training for up to 10 million...

4 April 2018

Poland: rising labor market demand side pressures means employers are being increasingly creative in offering social benefits

Faced with constant falling unemployment and a dearth of skilled candidates, employers are varying the range of social benefits they offer in order to attract the best talent. Below is an overview...

26 March 2018

SAP: the 22,000 German-based employees at this software company can now work wherever they wish, in the office, at home or elsewhere

SAP Germany has a longstanding tradition of teleworking and ‘confidence-based working time’. Nonetheless the German enterprise-software giant has decided to go further and make its working...

14 March 2018

Good practice guide for firms to implement a minimum level of social protection for employees, across their global operations

The International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Sécurité Sociale, a French higher education institution specialising in social security, teamed up in 2016 to...

4 November 2017

Italy: smart working gaining ground in company agreements

Italy’s major companies haven’t waited for the law of 22 May 2017 in order to try out several ‘agile working’ formulae, whereby they provide staff the option to work one or two days per week away...

20 September 2017

Germany: Microsoft Deutschland’s new ‘Smart Workspace’ head office showcases its vision for the future

Since its inauguration in October 2016, employees at the US IT giant’s subsidiary, Microsoft Deutschland’s new head office in Schwabing, north of Munich, can now get to work when they want and...

20 July 2017

L’Oréal: an interview with Bertrand de Senneville, Global Vice-President of HR-Industrial Relations and Head of the L’Oréal Share & Care Program

In January 2017 the global cosmetics giant launched ‘Season 2’ of its Share & Care program, which in addition to bolstering certain social cover and parental leave aspects also focuses on the...

8 June 2017

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With 12 million women over 40 in the labour force, German companies and occupational health professionals are beginning to adopt support policies for those affected by menopause-related issues...

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Valérie Decaux (La Poste): “Our older workers policy is based on individualisation to move beyond age-related-stigmatisation”

La Poste Group (nearly 200,000 employees in France) unveiled its first senior employment agreement in late February. The text outlines measures for early retirement assistance, workplace...

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Legislation deregulating the framework labour law was definitively adopted by Argentine Parliament on Friday 27 February. The CGT, the country's primary trade union federation, filed legal...

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