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Poland: Government seeks to end unpaid internships
On 16 September, the Hungarian government presented a bill aimed at ending unpaid internships (both professional and end-of-study) in companies, in order to ‘protect young people, especially...
18 September 2025
Mexico: bill tabled to allow donation of leave to colleagues
Left-wing Mexican MP Carina Piceno Navarro presented a bill on 9 September to allow employees of the same company to donate leave days to colleagues. This donation, which must be made anonymously...
18 September 2025
France: agreement to boost gender diversity struck at 3M
In an agreement signed on 26 June, the industrial company 3M France, which has nearly 800 employees, and representative trade unions signed a new agreement on professional equality. Amid a decline...
17 September 2025
Pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk plans radical ‘transformation’ of its business
On 10 September, Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk announced a ‘company-wide transformation to simplify its organisation’, which will involve significant job cuts. In all, 9,000 jobs face...
17 September 2025
Italy: Essilor-Luxottica to experiment with a four-day week at one plant from 1 January 2026
On 9 September, the Franco-Italian optical group Essilor-Luxottica and the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec trade unions signed an agreement that will enable all employees at one of the...
16 September 2025
Poland: periods spent setting up a business and freelancing to count towards professional seniority
On 12 September, the Polish parliament adopted the ‘seniority bill’, which aims to “re-establish fairness in the labour market”. Under the bill, periods spent running a...
16 September 2025
Germany: will the upcoming ‘active retirement’ scheme be a financial drain with little impact on the pool of skilled labour?
Carsten Linnemann, general secretary of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), confirmed once again in mid-August the governing parties’ intention to introduce two new schemes...
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- CSR
15 September 2025
South Korea: employer responsibility extended to subcontractors
A draft bill adopted by the South Korean National Assembly on 24 August will require the principal to engage in collective bargaining with the employees of subcontracting companies. It thus amends...
12 September 2025
France: when working time is calculated on a weekly basis, overtime must take into account paid holiday (ruling)
In a 10 September ruling, the labour chamber of France’s Court of Cassation found that when working time is assessed weekly, employees may still qualify for overtime pay even if paid leave...
12 September 2025
EU: MEPs want to use public procurement as a lever to improve job quality
In an own-initiative report adopted on 9 September, members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection urged the Commission to reinforce social clauses...
11 September 2025
Mexico: platform for reporting labour law breaches launched
On 4 September, Mexico’s labour ministry unveiled a new platform allowing workers to file confidential complaints over potential rights violations or health and safety risks. The system...
10 September 2025
Germany: Polish employees at Tesla factory get organised
Polish employees at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Grünheide near Berlin announced at the end of August their intention to present their own list for the forthcoming works council elections...
9 September 2025
Italy: non-biological mothers in same-sex couples entitled to paternity leave (ruling)
In a ruling on 21 July, Italy’s Constitutional Court struck down a provision of a 2001 law, which was amended in 2022 to make paternity leave compulsory but limited this right to fathers...
8 September 2025
United Kingdom: German discount chain Aldi keeps its promise to be the best-paying supermarket
The 28,000 British employees of German discount supermarket chain Aldi were handed a 1.9% pay rise on 1 September. In July, the retailer announced that the minimum hourly wage would rise from...
4 September 2025
New Zealand: employees now allowed to disclose their pay at work
New Zealand has banned retaliation against employees who disclose their salaries at work. The bill, introduced by a Labour opposition MP, was passed by Parliament before taking effect on 26 August...
3 September 2025
Czech Republic: minimum wage to rise by 7.7% on 1 January 2026
Czech labour minister Marian Jurečka, of the Christian and Democratic Union, announced on 29 August that the gross minimum wage will rise 7.7% from CZK 20,800 to CZK 22,400 (€916) per...
2 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