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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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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
Netherlands: employees in arduous jobs will still be able to take early retirement
After weeks of strikes, the Dutch government and social partners reached an agreement on early retirement (RVU) on 18 November. This transitional scheme, which was due to end in...
21 October 2024
Romania: minimum wage to rise by 9.5% from January 2025
At a meeting of the National Tripartite Council on 16 October, the Romanian government and social partners agreed to increase the gross monthly minimum wage by 9.5% from 1 January 2025. The...
18 October 2024
Spain: new collective agreement for chemical industry strengthens protection for LGBTI employees
After 10 months of negotiations, the Spanish chemical industry employers’ federation (Feique) and the CCOO trade union signed a preliminary deal for the 21st general agreement for the...
17 October 2024
Lidl and Kaufland unions unite in push for global agreement
The trade unions of the Lidl and Kaufland retail chains based in Europe and the United States are joining forces to push for a global agreement between the parent company, the German multinational...
16 October 2024
France: Cegid offers a four-day week to employees aged 61 and over
From 11 October, employees of the software company aged 61 and over can request that their 35-hour working week be spread over four days – eight hours and 45 minutes a day. To this is added...
16 October 2024
EU: platform work directive definitively adopted
On 14 October, the Council of the EU approved the platform work directive presented by the European Commission at the end of 2021. After several blocks on the directive, notably by France and...
15 October 2024
Romania: days off work to be granted for medical screening
On 14 October, the Romanian senate adopted a bill aimed at promoting the early detection of illnesses such as diabetes, certain cancers and cardiovascular disease. The bill proposes the...
15 October 2024
Luxembourg: government proposes increase in Sunday working hours in retail sector
On 11 October, Luxembourg labour minister Georges Mischo (Conservative) announced a bill to amend the regulations on Sunday working in retail businesses. The plan is to increase the maximum...
14 October 2024
France: Panzani commits to easing ends of careers for senior employees
The management of the Panzani food group and the CGT, CFE-CGC and FO trade unions signed a 2024-2026 agreement, published on 10 October, on the prevention of exposure to certain occupational risk...
11 October 2024
France: Safran commits to reaching 6% employment rate for people with disabilities by 2025
The management of the French aerospace group and the CFDT, CFE-CGC, CGT and FO trade unions have renewed the agreement to promote the integration and retention in employment of people with...
10 October 2024
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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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Netherlands: new government seeks to “control” social costs
In his government policy statement to Parliament on 25 February, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten announced several measures designed to "control" social costs. Notably, he proposed raising the...
5 March 2026
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Spain: a bill to regulate internships
On 3 March, the Council of Ministers approved the bill on the “Status for persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies”. The text limits the number of interns a company can...
13 March 2026
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Germany: launch of the “WE-Fair” alliance for binational training of skilled foreign workers
Germany continues to expand and diversify its initiatives to attract skilled foreign labour from outside the EU. In mid-March 2026, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development...
26 March 2026
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EU: co-legislators aim to pivot European Globalisation Adjustment Fund towards restructuring anticipation
On 25 February, the Council of the EU and the Parliament reached an agreement on the Commission’s proposed regulation to expand the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). Under the...
2 March 2026
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Block to slash workforce by nearly half
The news. In his latest shareholder letter, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payment service provider Block (formerly Square), announced plans to slash the company’s workforce “by nearly half, from...
6 March 2026