Germany: Polish employees at Tesla factory get organised National industrial relations Social partners in Italy's food sector have signed two protocols in the space of just a few days. The first seeks to foster gender equality in the workplace, while the second aims to guide social relations in the sector towards environmental protection. These initiatives are all the more important because they concern a key sector for the country's economy: Made in Italy. Unione Italiana Food, the employer organisation that signed the deal, brings together some 550 companies, from pasta giant Barilla to leading coffee brands such as Lavazza and Illy, and mulitnationals Mondelez and Nestlé to players in the food supplements space.
Luxembourg: government and social partners reach an agreement on pensions National industrial relations Talks between the government, the Luxembourg Confederation (CLC) and the LCGB and OGBL trade unions ended on 3 September without a full agreement. While a compromise was reached on pension reform, other issues remain unresolved. The government said it would now put forward its own amendments to legislation on Sunday work and shop opening hours.
France: La Poste broadens equality agreement to include LGBT+ people National industrial relations French postal group La Poste, which employs 200,000 people in France, has signed a new professional equality agreement with four trade unions. Covering 2025–2027, it expands efforts to tackle discrimination and introduces new measures on women’s health as well as LGBT+ inclusion in parental support schemes.
Data mind RH analysis – Agreements focused on older workers more common in France but still heavily focused on end-of-career arrangements National industrial relations At a time when a bill on the employment of experienced workers is about to be adopted in France, mind RH has analysed French company agreements on the employment of older workers that have been signed since the dedicated national interprofessional agreement (accord national interprofessionnel, ANI) of 14 November 2024. Though our analysis shows that social partners recognise the need to support the employability of workers aged 50 and over, measures to facilitate early retirement remain the preferred option.
Luxembourg: government pledges not to challenge trade unions’ exclusive right to collective bargaining National industrial relations The OGBL and LCGB trade union federations and employers met on 14 July at the Ministry of State to discuss various bills the trade unions are strongly opposing.…
France: banking group BPCE steps up efforts to promote professional equality with new agreement National industrial relations On 16 June 2025, the management of French banking group BPCE's holding company and five trade unions signed a new agreement on professional equality. It renews the group's ambition by introducing gender diversity targets for management positions where women are under-represented and by proposing measures to help employees achieve a better work-life balance.
Italy: social partners sign protocol to limit climate risks at work National industrial relations Italy’s main employee and trade union organisations signed a protocol 2 July, in the midst of a heatwave,…
France: agreement struck at Axa on social dialogue and artificial intelligence National industrial relations On 13 June, the management of insurance company Axa France and the representative trade unions (CFDT, CFE-CGC and Unsa) signed a one-year agreement on social dialogue and artificial intelligence. The agreement provides for regular information and consultation with employee representatives for the launch of each AI project.
France: Michelin cuts remote work limit to two days a week National industrial relations On 18 June, the management of Michelin France reached a deal with all the trade unions present on a new four-year agreement governing remote work. It lowers the limit on remote working days from three to two per week, while giving employees six months to adapt. However, the agreement introduces exceptions for family or medical reasons, as well as a trial of teleworking in one of the tyre manufacturer's factories.
France: social partners reach agreement on retraining National industrial relations It may not be a momentous day for professional transitions and retraining, but at least the French social partners reached an agreement on 25 June 2025. The text, which aims to make existing schemes clearer and easier to use for companies and employees, will be transposed by government amendment into the bill on the employment of older workers.
