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France: following the post-Covid boom, large companies scale back on remote working
In the post-pandemic context, large French groups multiplied generous remote working agreements before reversing the trend from 2024 onwards. What is the extent of this phenomenon? mind RH...
29 October 2026
France: La Poste strengthens regional management of jobs and skills
La Poste’s 2026-2028 agreement on the management of jobs, professional pathways and gender diversity in occupations puts the emphasis on supporting mobility and career changes, relying on a...
22 October 2026
France: how CDC Habitat aims to better promote the expertise of its employees
The housing division of the French public group Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, CDC Habitat (10,800 employees), established new measures on skills in July. They are set out in two agreements...
15 October 2026
Germany: Employers’ representatives seek to limit the rights of works councils
The Employers' Federation of German Employers' Associations (Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände - BDA) published a report at the end of September in which it proposes a...
8 October 2026
France: Malakoff Humanis relies on social dialogue to integrate AI within the group
On 15 September, management at the social protection group Malakoff Humanis (10,500 employees in France) and representative trade union organisations signed an agreement regarding the deployment...
5 October 2026
Florent Rispoli (ADP): “Our goal is to take an open and inclusive approach to parenthood”
Appointed in November 2025 as Vice President Human Ressources for France and Switzerland at ADP (2,000 employees in France), a specialist in HR management and payroll solutions, Florent Rispoli...
23 September 2026
Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026
Juliette Baudry (Boiron): “An intergenerational mechanism to better accommodate different life stages”
Since 1 September 2026, employees of the pharmaceutical group Boiron (1,700 employees in France) have benefited from a “key life moments account”. Resulting from an agreement signed last February...
18 September 2026
Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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9 September 2026
Germany: a high-tension start to the social and political year
The German government must finalize its major reforms (pension funding, corporate competitiveness, and labor law) while the chancellor’s popularity hits an all-time low and three regional...
26 August 2026
France: how GE Healthcare structures an LGBTQIA+ inclusion policy around an “employee resource group”
The French branch of the pharmaceutical group GE Healthcare (2,700 employees) has been supporting an "employee resource group" for two years, which carries out awareness-raising initiatives on...
10 July 2026
France: Crédit Agricole Centre-est offers nello app to ease the mental load of employee caregivers
Regional cooperative bank Crédit Agricole Centre-est (2,800 employees) has developed the nello mobile application in partnership with studio startup La Fabrique by CA to help simplify the daily...
7 July 2026
Sophie Mouhieddine (PwC) : “We are going to create an observatory on the evolution of jobs due to AI”
A few months ago, the advisory and audit firm PwC France and Maghreb (7,000 employees) redefined its “employee value proposition”. The company places the issue of both technical and behavioural...
2 July 2026
France: how Schneider Electric is developing social dialogue tailored to AI and the green transition
In an agreement unanimously signed by trade unions on 22 May, Schneider Electric France is strengthening the resources for social dialogue on AI and the green transition. The text creates...
25 June 2026
EU: transposition of the Pay Transparency directive at a standstill in the majority of Member States
While the pay transparency directive was due to be transposed by 7 June 2026, most EU Member States, including Germany and France, are lagging behind in the process. mind HR takes stock of the...
19 June 2026
Germany: trade unions and the SPD support mandatory occupational pensions
In the wake of preparations for a german major pension reform, occupational pensions, which were already revised by a law that entered into force last 22 January, are back at the centre of debate...
17 June 2026
Michael Fossat (Schneider Electric France): “Post-retirement employment meets a real need”
Along with five other HR directors from major corporations—Ludovic Demierre (Vinci), Caroline Gonin (Transdev), Jean-Claude Le Grand (L’Oréal), Louis-Maxime Negre (Sopra Steria), and Jean-Manuel...
10 June 2026
Employee benefits : towards a structural market reconfiguration
The French employee benefits market is undergoing a reshaping phase that goes beyond a simple redistribution of market share. Three forces are restructuring its foundations : The legal...
26 May 2026
EU: Parental Leave, a Patchwork System
While all 27 EU member states now provide paid parental leave in line with the directive on work-life balance for parents and carers, the way the measure is implemented varies widely across the...
22 May 2026
Avantages salariés : vers une reconfiguration structurelle du marché
Le marché français des avantages aux salariés traverse une phase de recomposition qui dépasse la simple redistribution des parts de marché. Trois forces en restructurent les fondements...
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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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British bank Barclays cuts 5,000 jobs to invest in AI
Banking group Barclays has announced the cutting of 5% of its global workforce by the end of the year. Beyond disappointing quarterly results, Barclays primarily intends to free up the funds...
28 October 2026
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Germany: non-EU recruitment remains marginal despite skilled immigration reform
The news. Nearly a year and a half after the entry into force of the “Skilled Immigration Development Act”, only 4% of businesses have recruited at least one employee directly from a...
28 October 2026