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Belgium: draft law transposing EU minimum wage directive approved by the Council of Ministers
On 8 November, the Council of Ministers approved on second reading a draft bill on minimum wages. This text, which has been submitted to the King to be signed with a view to being tabled in the...
12 November 2024
Italy: aerospace and defence group Leonardo turns to referrals
Italian state-controlled aerospace and defence group Leonardo is struggling to find highly specialised staff and has decided to resort to co-optation, or staff referrals. “Dear colleague...
8 November 2024
Ireland: nine authorities to ensure protection of fundamental rights in context of AI
On 31 October, Ireland’s Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Dara Calleary, published a list of nine public authorities designated to protect fundamental...
8 November 2024
United Kingdom: national living wage to rise by 6.7% from April 2025
When presenting her Budget on 30 October, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced a 6.7% increase in the living wage from 1 April 2025. It will rise from £11.44 to £12.21...
7 November 2024
United States: what impact will Donald Trump’s election have on the world of work?
After holding office from 2017 to 2021, Donald Trump will be back in the White House from January. He will succeed his 2020 opponent, Joe Biden, who distinguished himself as one of the most...
6 November 2024
France: Michelin plans to close two plants
The Michelin Group today announced the closure of its Cholet and Vannes sites (1,254 employees), which have been facing major economic difficulties for several years as a result of the...
5 November 2024
Germany: 2025 to be a quieter year on the collective bargaining front
On 30 October, the Hans Böckler Trade Union Foundation’s Institute for Economic and Social Sciences (WSI) presented its timetable for the collective wage agreements to be negotiated by...
5 November 2024
France: Carrefour launches plan to offer training to staff with reading difficulties
On 4 November, Alexandre Bompard, CEO of the Carrefour retail group (305,000 employees), announced the launch of a plan to raise awareness and provide training on reading difficulties. It will...
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- CSR
4 November 2024
Poland: additional maternity leave for parents of babies in hospital
On 29 October, the Council of Ministers adopted a bill introducing additional maternity leave for parents of premature babies or babies born at full term but requiring hospitalisation. This leave...
30 October 2024
Ireland: bill passed allowing postponement of maternity leave in event of serious illness
On 23 October, the Irish parliament adopted a bill introducing the right for an employee to postpone her maternity leave in the event of serious illness (physical or mental), subject to medical...
29 October 2024
Italy: companies in Rome encouraged to adopt remote work during preparations for Jubilee
In the run-up to Jubilee 2025, which opens on 24 December 2024, the Mayor of Rome and the social partners signed a pact on 16 October encouraging private companies to make maximum use of hybrid or...
28 October 2024
Germany: Chancellor Olaf Scholz attacks application of due diligence law
At a meeting with German employers on 22 October, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, of the Social Democratic Party, announced his intention to water down the German law on the due diligence, which...
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- CSR
25 October 2024
France: minimum wage to rise from 1 November
Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, the French Minister for Labour and Employment, presented to the Council of Ministers on 23 October a decree raising the minimum wage (Smic) by 2% from 1 November 2024...
25 October 2024
Slovakia: minimum wage to reach 60% of average wage from 2026
On 23 October, parliament approved a bill to change the rules for setting the minimum wage. As a result, from 2026, the minimum wage may not be less than 60% of the average wage two years...
24 October 2024
Bulgaria: minimum wage to rise by more than 15% from January 2025
On 20 October, acting labour and social policy minister Ivaylo Ivanov announced on the national television channel bTV that the minimum wage would be increased by 15.4% from next year. It will...
23 October 2024
Finland: bill seeks to withdraw work permits from foreigners after three months’ unemployment
On 17 September, the new right-wing coalition government submitted draft amendments to the Aliens Act to Parliament. It proposes withdrawing work permits from foreigners after three months of...
22 October 2024
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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
Most viewed articles of the month on mind HR
What readers clicked on the most last month.
What readers clicked on the most last month.
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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
6 November 2025
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
7 November 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
5 November 2025
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
6 November 2025
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Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”
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