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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
Netherlands: government proposes new rules on child labour
The Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment is proposing new rules on child labour in order to offer children more employment opportunities. These were put out to an online public...
13 June 2024
France: KPMG to harness referrals to recruit people with disabilities
On 16 May, audit and consultancy giant KPMG signed a new three-year agreement (2024-2026) with the CFDT and CFE-CGC trade unions to promote the employment of people with disabilities. KPMG has set...
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12 June 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