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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
13 October 2025
United Kingdom: unions call for investigation into TikTok redundancy plans
On 12 October, UK trade unions and leading figures in online safety, including a whistleblower from Meta, signed a letter addressed to Labour MP Chi Onwurah, who chairs the UK Parliament’s...
13 October 2025
UNI Global Union urges BNP Paribas to address links to settlements in West Bank under its vigilance duty
On 9 October, the international trade union federation UNI Global Union published a letter it had sent the previous day to BNP Paribas. It calls on the French banking group (182,000 employees) to...
- HR
- CSR
10 October 2025
Ireland: minimum wage to rise by nearly 5% on 1 January 2026
In its 2026 budget, presented on 7 October, the Irish government accepted the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission report on the minimum wage. The minimum wage will therefore rise from...
10 October 2025
EU: Parliament finally adopts revision of European Works Council Directive
By 414 votes to 139, MEPs approved the revision of the European Works Council Directive presented by the European Commission in early 2024. “This is the culmination of a process that has...
9 October 2025
EU: concerns mount around Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
With the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee set to vote within days on the proposed omnibus directive, supporters of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)...
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- CSR
8 October 2025
France: Auchan Retail job protection plan ruled invalid due to lack of consultation with trade unions
As Auchan Retail moves ahead with plans to cut its store floor space by 25%, the Lille Administrative Court on 23 September annulled its job protection plan (PSE). The retailer, whose...
6 October 2025
Netherlands: bill seeks to allow use of partial unemployment during times of crisis
On 26 September, the Dutch Council of Ministers submitted a bill to the Council of State “on preserving the workforce in times of crisis”(Wpc). The aim of this bill is to help...
3 October 2025
EU: MEPs want to tackle the gender pay gap
In 2023, women in the EU still earned on average 12% less per hour than men. In a report presented to the European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee on 29 September, two...
2 October 2025
Poland: parliament gives final approval to bill on professional seniority
“On 26 September, Polish MPs gave final approval to a bill that allows specific activities to count towards professional seniority, including self-employment, entrepreneurship, paid work...
2 October 2025
Norway: law proposed to facilitate union membership during parental or sick leave
On 25 September, Norway’s government put forward draft legislation to help employees maintain union membership while on maternity, parental, sick or training leave. The proposal would allow...
29 September 2025
Belgium: Royal Decree sets average pay rises for companies at 0% for 2025-2026
As the social partners were unable to agree on the maximum margin of the wage cost evolution for the years 2025-2026, the Belgian government has set the so-called ‘wage norm’ –...
25 September 2025
EU: Parliament calls for tougher regulation of traineeships
Members of the European Parliament are seeking to strengthen the regulatory framework for professional traineeships — those not tied to university courses — beyond what the European...
24 September 2025
Poland: 3% minimum wage hike confirmed for 2026
On 15 September, the Polish Council of Ministers published in the official journal its regulation setting the gross monthly minimum wage from 1 January 2026. The wage level will increase from PLN...
24 September 2025
Diversity and inclusion affected by social and political trends in 2025
Nearly a quarter of HR directors (24%) say their organisation’s diversity and inclusion policies are being influenced by social and political trends, including anti-diversity, equity, and...
- HR
- CSR
23 September 2025
Austria: social affairs minister proposes quotas for hiring senior citizens
On 21 September, Austria’s social affairs minister Korinna Schumann, of the Social Democratic Party, proposed on public broadcaster ORF the introduction of a quota system for workers over...
22 September 2025
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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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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Italy: artificial Intelligence on the menu of Barilla’s new company agreement
Prior consultation with trade unions on innovations related to artificial intelligence, strengthened training, and progress on parenthood: these are the main new features of the agreement signed...
2 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026