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Looking back at 2023: social dialogue returns to the fore
The year 2023 saw legislators, employers and trade unions agree to strengthen the role of social dialogue, both at company and European institution level. All are convinced of its importance, all...
16 January 2024
France: public transport group Systra turns to head-hunter to recruit for technical roles
Systra Group, which has 2,000 employees in France, has called on recruitment firm Headhunting Factory in its effort to hire technicians and engineers. Amid a phase of growth, during which it has...
12 January 2024
Looking back at 2023: European regulatory framework for CSR takes shape
In 2023, the European Union definitively adopted a new directive on non-financial performance reporting, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). The bloc also reached a compromise...
- HR
- CSR
11 January 2024
Looking back at 2023: initiatives across the board to tackle the skills shortage
Amid the shortage of skilled labour, thinking ahead to the professions of the future and securing the skills needed to support business transformation have been among the main concerns of HR...
10 January 2024
France: Axa deploys its own generative AI
French insurance group Axa is providing its employees with a secure version of ChatGPT – Axa Secure GPT – and is working to democratise its use internally. It's a huge project, and one that...
9 January 2024
Looking back at 2023: a new way of viewing older workers
With the retirement age rising and a skills shortage in many parts of the world at present, companies need to learn to change the way they look at older employees and see them as an opportunity...
8 January 2024
Vincent Mackie (Safran): “We’re working on a common parenthood framework for all countries by 2024”
On 4 December, aerospace, technology and defence group Safran renewed its social responsibility agreement with IndustriAll Global Union. Vincent Mackie, group social affairs director, spoke to...
21 December 2023
France: Acorus promotes teams’ use of ChatGPT
French construction and civil engineering group Acorus, which specializes in the renovation of real estate assets, is training staff on ChatGPT and promoting use of the AI tool by identifying use...
19 December 2023
Germany: SAP aims to revive employee appraisals with ‘Winning Culture’
The leadership of SAP, the German enterprise IT solutions producer, wants to restore its employees "taste for performance". To achieve this, it is negotiating the introduction of a "dynamic...
11 December 2023
[mind RH study] EU: why the pay transparency directive may not be enough to close the pay gap
By 2026, all European Union countries will have to transpose the directive on pay transparency. While all countries have a legal requirement for equal pay, the gap between the wages paid to men...
4 December 2023
Leslie Dehant (KPMG France) “The talent experience must meet the objectives of a mission-driven company”
KPMG's French business became an 'entreprise à mission' (mission-driven company) under local law in May 2022 and is now stepping up the implementation of a "differentiating" talent experience, in...
27 November 2023
France: La Poste steps up efforts to train employees and apprentices on data and AI
Launched in 2022, La Poste Group's data and AI school is continuing to grow. The first intake of employees retrained internally in these two fields have already graduated, and the school is also...
22 November 2023
France: Mazars harnesses training to instil a data culture among staff
Mazars, the Paris-headquartered audit and advisory firm, has stepped up its investment in data by creating the Mazars Data School. The aim of the initiative is to make all of the group's 3,800...
15 November 2023
United Kingdom: cap on City bonuses ditched
From 31 October, bonuses in the financial sector will no longer be limited to 200% of annual salary. The aim of this measure is to make the City of London more attractive, at a time when some...
26 October 2023
Paternity leave: application varies significantly between countries
Many countries now offer paid paternity leave, especially with such an allowance having become compulsory in the European Union, under the bloc's work-life balance directive, since 2 August 2022...
24 April 2023
EU: where do the European Member States stand on whistleblower protection?
Provisions relating to the European Whistleblower Directive as regards businesses with at least 250 employees, have now come into force in 19 EU Member states, albeit in some instances more than a...
28 March 2023
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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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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 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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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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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
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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