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Germany: mixed interim results for the four-day week pilot project
Since February 2024, 45 German companies have been testing the four-day working week as part of a project launched by the consultancy firm Intraprenör, which has just published an interim...
3 July 2024
Sweden: paid parental leave may now be transferred to a close relative
New rules designed to give parents greater flexibility in taking parental leave have come into force with effect from 1 July 2024, bringing two major changes. Firstly, parents will be able to take...
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2 July 2024
Ireland: law on collective redundancies comes into force
The new law enhancing the protection of employees in a collective redundancy situation following their employer’s insolvency comes into force today. The law aims to improve the information...
1 July 2024
Chile: minimum wage rises further from 1 July
The minimum wage in Chile will rise from 460,000 to 500,000 pesos gross per month from today (from €533 to €580), as provided for in the law of 29 May 2023, representing an increase of...
1 July 2024
EU: social partners remain divided on need of telework legislation
Despite agreeing in 2022 to strike a framework agreement on teleworking, which would be adopted in the form of a directive, the social partners are now divided on the matter. Several months after...
27 June 2024
Norway: new list of occupational diseases proposed
On 21 June, the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion submitted for consultation a proposal for a new list of occupational diseases. It is based on an update from the National Institute of...
26 June 2024
Poland: trade unions will soon be able to question employers about the use of AI
On 11 June, the government submitted a bill to parliament aimed at amending the law on trade unions. The aim of this text is to adapt national legislation to the development of new technologies...
25 June 2024
Mexico: employers violating law on working hours face up to 12 years in prison
A decree published in Mexico’s official gazette on 6 July imposes severe penalties on employers who breach the legal working hours. In Mexico, this is 48 hours a week and eight hours a day...
24 June 2024
EU: Hungary unveils social programme before taking over Council Presidency
Hungary will take over the Presidency of the Council of the EU on 1 July 2024 for six months. While Belgium had invested a great deal of effort in bringing to fruition directives rejected by...
21 June 2024
HR managers overwhelmed by managing emergencies (survey)
While HR managers are generally satisfied with their quality of life at work, they nevertheless complain that they spend a lot of time managing day-to-day issues. The international study...
21 June 2024
France: European Commission recommends better response to skills shortages in green professions
For the first time this year, the European Commission’s country-specific recommendations, sent out as part of the European Semester (coordination of member states’ economic and...
20 June 2024
EU: Sweden first to launch transposition of pay transparency directive
On 29 May, the Swedish government published a report on the implementation of the Pay Transparency Directive, which must be transposed by EU member states by 7 June 2026. The text, which is the...
19 June 2024
Poland: minimum wage to rise by at least 7.6% on 1 January 2025
On 13 June, the Council of Ministers approved a minimum wage rise of 7.6% from 1 January 2025, which would raise the level from PLN 4,300 to PLN 4,626 gross per month (or from €990 to...
19 June 2024
France: Leroy Merlin launches major redundancy plan
Leroy Merlin (€9.93 billion turnover in France in 2023, +1.3% year on year) has announced a reduction of around 500 positions in France, i.e. around 1.8% of the group’s workforce. The...
18 June 2024
Japan: law passed to facilitate labour immigration
On 14 June, the Japanese parliament adopted a law on development and employment, designed to remedy the serious skills shortage affecting the country. The aim of this law is to increase labour...
17 June 2024
EU: new action plan on carcinogens launched
The third European roadmap on carcinogens has been launched. Under the aegis of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, nine member states, the European Trade Union Confederation...
14 June 2024
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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
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
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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Oliver Dietrich (IG Metall): “The advent of AI can be a means of deepening social partnership within companies”
In Germany, trade unions want to influence how AI is deployed in companies. Oliver Dietrich is an AI project manager at the regional office of the IG Metall trade union in North Rhine-Westphalia...
21 January 2026
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EU: social partners split over competitiveness and action on job quality
The European Trade Union Confederation and BusinessEurope have published their response to the consultation document on the European Commission's upcoming EU quality jobs initiative. The two...
4 February 2026
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Germany: collective bargaining negotiations begin in chemical industry
Collective bargaining talks in Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industries are due to open this week, covering nearly 580,000 employees across around 1,700 companies. With the sector facing...
3 February 2026
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Italy: new generational renewal agreement penned at UniCredit
The agreement signed on 30 December by UniCredit, Italy’s second-largest banking group, with the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions aims to continue generational...
15 January 2026
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France: social partner talks extend far beyond contractual terminations
After a false start on 3 December, French social partners resumed talks on 7 January 2026 on potential changes to the unemployment insurance agreement, including the rules governing compensation...
12 January 2026
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EU: banking sector social partners commit to combating violence and harassment
On 15 January, the trade union federation UNI Europa Finance and three employers’ associations in the banking sector signed a joint statement on preventing violence and harassment in the...
16 January 2026