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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
Germany: mixed interim results for the four-day week pilot project
Since February 2024, 45 German companies have been testing the four-day working week as part of a project launched by the consultancy firm Intraprenör, which has just published an interim...
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3 July 2024
HR managers overwhelmed by managing emergencies (survey)
While HR managers are generally satisfied with their quality of life at work, they nevertheless complain that they spend a lot of time managing day-to-day issues. The international study...
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21 June 2024
EU: Sweden first to launch transposition of pay transparency directive
On 29 May, the Swedish government published a report on the implementation of the Pay Transparency Directive, which must be transposed by EU member states by 7 June 2026. The text, which is the...
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19 June 2024
mind RH study – French large groups have not cut back on the frequency of teleworking since 2020
In recent months, the first generation of post-lockdown agreements on telework have come up for renegotiation. More than four years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, are companies...
6 June 2024
Eramet launches a global base level of social protection
On 5 June 2024, Eramet announced the launch of a global social protection plan. These commitments take the form of an agreement signed with the social dialogue forum launched in 2023, the Eramet...
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6 June 2024
Portugal: how companies successfully experimented with a four-day week
After a year of experimentation, a number of Portuguese companies have adopted the four-day week. They are seeing productivity levels maintained as well as an improvement in employee commitment...
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30 May 2024
France: Biomérieux signs new teleworking agreement
On 10 April 2024, the chemical company, which has 4,000 employees, and the trade unions signed a teleworking agreement, renewing that signed in 2021. While the weekly frequency of a maximum of two...
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29 May 2024
France: L’Oréal offers personal assistance service to certain employees
Since 2022, French cosmetics giant L'Oréal has been working with the start-up Yolo to offer around a hundred employees a service enabling them to delegate the management of their day-to-day lives...
23 May 2024
United States: Chipotle seeks to build employee loyalty by handing out free shares
In a bid to reduce its high staff turnover, fast-food chain Chipotle has decided to distribute free shares to managers and to finance the higher education of young employees. This year, the US...
16 May 2024
EU: first phase of consultation with social partners over telework and right to disconnect launched
On 30 April, the European Commission launched the first phase of consultation with the social partners with a view to potential European legislation on telework. In the document sent to the social...
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6 May 2024
How Ingka reduced its turnover rate by 5 percentage points in 16 months
The HR policies deployed at Ingka Group are designed to improve team loyalty without reducing operational efficiency. In 2023, however, staff turnover reached 56% in the specialised retail sector...
2 May 2024
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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
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
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
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France: government submits draft on pay transparency
On 6 March, the French government sent social partners a draft bill to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive. The text provides details on the implementation timetable, corporate...
9 March 2026
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Spain: report proposes democratising employee participation
On 2 February, Spanish labour minister Yolanda Diaz presented the conclusions of a report on democracy in the workplace. The document, which calls for employees to be given a say in...
25 February 2026
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Italy: Deliveroo and Glovo targeted by justice over courier working conditions
The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office has ordered two of Italy's leading food delivery platforms, Foodinho (Glovo) and Deliveroo, to be placed under judicial administration. According to...
9 March 2026
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Germany: menopause issues finally gain corporate recognition
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...
19 March 2026
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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...
10 March 2026
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Argentina: labour reform passed by Parliament
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...
4 March 2026