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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...

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

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...

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

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5 March 2026

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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

France: Orange submits gender equality agreement – including AI provisions – for union approval

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

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EU: Commission to launch a business coalition against modern slavery

The news. On 16 October, the European Commission presented a new strategy to combat human trafficking. While labour exploitation reported by the authorities rose by 17% between 2021-2022 and...

19 October 2026

UK: government promises human rights due diligence bill

The news. On 4 November, the government promised, through Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds before the House of Lords, the statutory introduction of human rights due diligence in the UK. It...

5 November 2026