Brazil: ILO and Ministry of Labor launch guide to map job changes
On 23 March the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and the International Labor Organization (ILO) launched Brazil’s first Guide to Occupations. This online document offers updated quantitative...
29 March 2022
Luxembourg: the government regulates telework
On 16 March, Luxembourg’s Chamber of Deputies voted in favour of a bill that regulates the implementation of telework in companies. Businesses employing more than 150 staff will need to...
Germany: Bosch creates freelancernetwork, a network to access and integrate independent IT developers
Faced with the enormous need for IT specialists stemming from the transition to digitalization, German multinational engineering and technology company Bosch has launched the freelancernetwork...
Italy: aerospace, defence and security group, Leonardo introduces hybrid work
In an agreement signed on 08 March by Leonardo management and the FIOM-Cgil, FIM-Cisl and UILM trade unions, more than half of the group’s workers (between 17,000 and 19,000 of the 30,000 staff in...
10 March 2022
Italy: DHL Express experiments with smart working
A national framework agreement signed on 23 February by DHL Express Italy and the Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl and Uiltrasporti trade unions, sets out a smart working trial period that will start...
Italy: energy group Enel to train 5,500 technicians for its network of supplier companies
Launched by Italian electricity and gas group Enel, in partnership with the training body ELIS, the “Energie per Crescere” (Energy for Growth) programme will offer five weeks of...
U.S.: Amazon doubles the base salary cap for its corporate employees
While the maximum base salary for Amazon’s corporate employees was previously capped at $160,000 a year (€141,000), the company has now decided to more than double this to $350,000...
United Kingdom: online lender Landbay introduces miscarriage leave of up to six weeks
Online UK lender Landbay has this week announced the introduction of a paid leave allowance of up to six weeks for employees that suffer a miscarriage. The period of leave is the longest of its...
21 February 2022
Germany: the Versicherungskammer insurance group converts to ‘Smart Working’
Germany's 9th largest insurer has seized the opportunity presented by the Covid-19 pandemic to transform what had previously been a relatively traditional plan, aimed at making its working methods...
17 February 2022
Denmark: rules on remote working are changing
Employees are now allowed to use their own work equipment (desk, chair, private computer…) when they are teleworking, as long as it complies with current standards (e.g. adjustable chair...
16 February 2022
India: e-commerce platform IndiaMart to pay staff on a weekly basis
B2B e-commerce firm IndiaMart announced on Sunday 6 February that it will now pay its employees on a weekly basis rather than a monthly one. “With an aim to build a flexible work culture and...
“It is important to combine and cultivate the best of both groups”, Sébastien Graff, InVivo Group Human Resources Director (interview)
InVivo is rolling out its plan for integrating the Soufflet teams, following the completion of its acquisition of the family-owned agri-food group in December 2021. This merger makes the French...
10 February 2022
United States: Trainual offers $5,000 to new hires looking to leave the company
US Arizona-based online training and knowledge management platform start-up, Trainual, is offering $5,000 to new recruits if they wish to leave within two weeks of signing their employment...
France: MGEN insurer extends teleworking to all group employees
On 07 January 2022, MGEN (Mutuelle générale de l'Éducation nationale) the mutual health and social security insurance group for those working in the French Ministry of National Education...
8 February 2022
United Kingdom: supermarket chain Co-op acknowledges that shop floor and warehouse roles are “comparable”
UK supermarket chain Co-op has voluntarily acknowledged that roles on the shop floor and in its warehouses are comparable, following in the footsteps of local competitor Sainsbury’s, which...
United Kingdom: Royal Mail, Unilever and Primark to cut hundreds of management roles
These three major UK employers have announced restructurings this month that will exclusively impact those in management roles. Planet Labor has taken a closer look at the drivers behind these...
31 January 2022
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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
4 November 2025
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
Spain is preparing for the implementation of its national law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which will take effect on 7 June 2026. The legislation marks another step forward in...
5 November 2025
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025