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EU: Poland presents social programme for Council Presidency
Poland has set out the programme for its Presidency of the Council of the EU, which runs from 1 January to 30 June 2025. On the social front, the centrist government has announced legislative...
13 January 2025
United States: Senate report condemns working conditions in Amazon warehouses
After 18 months’ work, 135 interviews and 1,400 documents collected, a US Senate committee led by Bernie Sanders has published a report on working conditions in Amazon warehouses. It found...
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17 December 2024
Suez: new European agreement on health and safety signed
At the beginning of October, water and waste management group Suez signed a new European agreement on health and safety. Though such agreement no longer existed following the absorption of a large...
28 November 2024
Success for Fincantieri’s employee share ownership plan
The employee share ownership plan launched this year by Fincantieri shipyards, one of the world leaders in the sector, has achieved a take-up rate of 22% worldwide, in the group’s...
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15 November 2024
Italy: aerospace and defence group Leonardo turns to referrals
Italian state-controlled aerospace and defence group Leonardo is struggling to find highly specialised staff and has decided to resort to co-optation, or staff referrals. “Dear colleague...
8 November 2024
Italy: ‘smart working’ on the rise at large companies
Hybrid working or 'smart working' as it is legally known in Italy, is becoming increasingly widespread at large companies in the country. The annual study by Milan's Politecnico University...
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6 November 2024
Ireland: bill passed allowing postponement of maternity leave in event of serious illness
On 23 October, the Irish parliament adopted a bill introducing the right for an employee to postpone her maternity leave in the event of serious illness (physical or mental), subject to medical...
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29 October 2024
Germany: four-day week experiment yields mixed results
On 18 October, the results of the study on the four-day week in Germany were presented by a team from the University of Münster. According to the data collected from the 41 companies involved...
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21 October 2024
India: labour ministry and Amazon strike agreement to promote employment
The US e-commerce giant and India's labour and employment ministry have signed an agreement to combat the mismatch between supply and demand in the field of employment. Amazon will now publish all...
4 October 2024
United Kingdom: Imperial London Hotels recruits older staff to adapt to customer needs
In the wake of the pandemic, Imperial London Hotels, like many other companies in the hotel sector, is facing a labour shortage. Its solution has been to rethink its recruitment process in order...
2 October 2024
France: Norauto offers easier access to social assistance via Klaro platform
Norauto, the car maintenance and equipment specialist, is granting its employees access to the services of Klaro, a start-up offering simplified access to social assistance. The aim of this...
Amazon announces end of remote work for administrative staff
In a message sent to Amazon staff on 16 September, chief executive of the US e-commerce giant Andy Jassy announced the outright end of remote work, which has been in place at the company since the...
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19 September 2024
Australia: right to disconnect comes into force
On 26 August, six months after the enactment of changes to the Fair Work Act, the right to disconnect came into force in Australia. Employees will be legally entitled to refuse to respond when an...
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28 August 2024
Germany: 11% of companies offer a four-day week
According to a survey carried out jointly by Randstad’s German subsidiary and the IfO Institute for Economic Research in Munich among a panel of 1,000 human resources managers, one German...
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17 July 2024
How industrial group Lacroix is harnessing a digital solution to pre-empt pay transparency requirements
The European directive on pay transparency – to be transposed by 2026 at the latest – will generate administrative constraints for companies. That said, it can also become a strategic tool in the...
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12 July 2024
mind RH study – Annual minimum wage rises hold steady in the EU despite falling inflation
Even as inflation rates slowly declined compared to 2023 in most European Union countries, the average level of minimum wage increases has remained more or less the same over the past year. Five...
11 July 2024
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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