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France: Coca-Cola Europacific Partners allows certain factory employees to work remotely
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, the independent bottler of American giant Coca-Cola, has signed its first agreement in France on remote work since Covid-19, with all of its trade unions. The...
17 June 2025
France: Apicil bolsters diversity policy with new agreement
French insurer Apicil (2,000 employees) signed a new four-year agreement on diversity and inclusion with the CFDT, CFE-CGC and UNSA trade unions on 18 February 2025. Through this agreement, the...
10 June 2025
Pascal Canfin: “Companies that see the value of the CSDDD and CSRD should make their voices heard”
The European Parliament has embarked on its review of the fundamental revisions to the corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives (CSRD and CSDDD), which are set to be...
- HR
- CSR
5 June 2025
EU: what will change with the revision of the European Works Council Directive
The publication of the agreement reached in trilogue talks over the revision of the European Works Council Directive clarifies the scope of the changes that will affect transnational information...
4 June 2025
mind RH study – Parental leave allowances still not compliant with EU directive in all member states
Six EU member states amended their legislation between July 2024 and March 2025 to encourage more parents, especially fathers, to take parental leave. To this end, Cyprus, Ireland and Italy have...
22 May 2025
Dominique Laurent (Schneider Electric France): “The employment of older people is one of the most complex subjects to tackle”
As the French government embarks on a major campaign to promote the employment of older workers, Dominique Laurent, director of human resources for France at energy management equipment specialist...
Sébastien Mandron (Worldline): “If the CSRD were easy, it would be meaningless”
Sébastien Mandron, administrator of the French "Collège des directeurs du développement durable" (sustainable development directors group), spoke to mind RH after the presentation of the omnibus...
- HR
- CSR
30 April 2025
France: new disability agreement at Orange aims to improve accessibility to premises
On 24 March, after tense negotiations, the management of telecommunications group Orange (72,000 employees in France) and the CFDT, CFE-CGC and CGT trade unions finally signed a new collective...
18 April 2025
France: how insurer Maif is rolling out an action plan on generative AI built with employees
In February, French mutual insurance group Maif unveiled a series of measures on generative AI. They take up the proposals resulting from an innovative process that brought together randomly...
10 April 2025
France: gender equality index in companies remains high but is under threat
The French labour ministry has published the seventh annual professional equality index, which has been weakened by its complexity and the upcoming entry into force of the European directive on...
28 March 2025
Germany: complaint filed against Edeka over lack of social and environmental due diligence in Guatemala
Two NGOs filed a complaint at the end of February against Edeka, one of Germany's leading retail chains (approximately 400,000 employees in 11,000 stores), with the country's Federal Office of...
- HR
- CSR
24 March 2025
United Kingdom: Tesco develops apprenticeships and grants pay rises above inflation
After committing in mid-February to bolstering its apprenticeship programme for the start of the next academic year, UK supermarket chain Tesco signed an agreement with the Union of Shop...
20 March 2025
How Sanofi approached its first CSRD report
While Brussels is working to significantly lighten the burden for companies under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), with the omnibus package published on 26 February...
Fabienne Arata (LinkedIn): ‘Three-quarters of recruiters are experiencing qualified skills shortages’
A few weeks after the AI summit in Paris, LinkedIn France Country Manager, Fabienne Arata, shared her analysis of labour market trends with mind RH . AI is emerging as both a real engine in...
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- CSR
12 March 2025
Deutsche Telekom to expand its ‘Growth Hub’ skills management platform globally
German telephone operator Deutsche Telekom is launching the global rollout in 2025 and 2026 of ‘Growth Hub’, its new AI skills and career management platform. For the group, the launch of this new...
10 March 2025
EU: what consequences will the omnibus package have for the CSRD and CSDDD?
Presented yesterday, the omnibus package proposed by the European Commission will significantly modify the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives (CSRD and CSDDD), if...
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27 February 2025
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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
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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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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EU: omnibus bill stalls in parliament
On 22 October, members of the European Parliament narrowly voted against a negotiating mandate that would have opened trilogue talks on the omnibus directive, which seeks to dilute the corporate...
- HR
- CSR
- News brief
23 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
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EU: Omnibus Directive clears key milestone in European Parliament
On 13 October, the European Parliament’s position on the Omnibus Directive was approved by its Committee on Legal Affairs by 17 votes to six. Regarding due diligence rules, the report...
- HR
- CSR
- News brief
13 October 2025
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France: generative AI and older workers central to BPCE’s skills management strategy
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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Belgium: social partners sign agreement on end-of-career schemes
Brought together in the National Labour Council (CNT), the Belgian social partners reached an agreement on 21 October on the end-of-career scheme, putting an end to several months of negotiations...
- HR
- CSR
- News brief
23 October 2025