News brief
Trending topics
- EWC agreements and recast directive
- Global Framework Agreements
- Older workers
- Gig workers and the regulation of platforms
- Collective agreement
- hybrid work
- Wages
- Gender equality
- Managing the fallout of Covid-19
- Corporate sustainability due diligence
- Skills
- CSRD
- Artificial intelligence
- European Framework Agreement
- Remote work regulations
France: scope of class actions on social matters greatly expanded
A law containing various provisions adapting to European Union legislation, published in France’s official journal on 30 April 2025, transposes the directive of 25 November 2020 on...
- HR
- CSR
5 May 2025
France: occupational health and safety passport posted online
On 28 April, the French labour ministry announced the launch of the occupational health and safety passport in partnership with the Caisse des Dépôts, a public financial institution...
29 April 2025
Slovenia: government clarifies rules on recording of working time
The Slovenian labour ministry has today published a note for employers on the application of the law on working time recording, which came into force on 23 April. It specifies the information that...
28 April 2025
Netherlands: minimum wage for young people to rise from 1 January 2027
On 24 April, the Dutch government confirmed the increase in the minimum wage for young people aged 16 to 20, as set out in the 2025 spring memorandum. This document, which contains an update of...
25 April 2025
Cyprus: law to prevent and combat harassment at work enters into force
The first Cypriot law on preventing and combating violence and harassment in the workplace came into force on 11 April. It aims to provide broad protection for employees and is based on ILO...
24 April 2025
Netherlands: government launches transposition of pay transparency directive
On 26 March, the Dutch government presented a bill transposing, among other things, the European directive on pay transparency. Companies with more than 50 employees will be subject to new...
18 April 2025
France: banking industry anticipates impact of generative AI on jobs
On 15 April 2025, the French banking industry jobs observatory, a joint organisation of the country’s banking federation and trade unions, published a study on the impact of generative...
16 April 2025
Belgium: government proposes to increase career length required for end-of-career employment
On 11 April, the Belgian council of ministers approved a draft royal decree that increases the length of career required to benefit from end-of-career employment. Under existing...
16 April 2025
Luxembourg: European directive on cross-border mergers and divisions transposed into labour law
The law that transposes into Luxembourg law the European directive aimed at facilitating the mobility of companies within the European area came into force on 1 April. This text introduces new...
15 April 2025
EU: postponement of application of corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives finalised
Just over a month and a half after it was presented by the Commission, the first part of the omnibus package on sustainability was definitively adopted by the Council of the EU on Monday 14 April...
- HR
- CSR
14 April 2025
Czech Republic: labour market flexibility bill passed by parliament
The draft law on labour flexibility was definitively adopted by the Czech Parliament on 9 April. The text extends trial periods from three to four months and from six to eight months in the case...
10 April 2025
France: incomes of platform delivery workers in free fall
The income of food delivery workers fell by 10% between 2023 and 2024 for the three main delivery companies (Deliveroo, Stuart and Uber Eats) in France, according to a report by the...
9 April 2025
Norway: new measures to facilitate immigrants’ access to employment
On 8 April, the Norwegian minister of employment and inclusion Tonje Brenna announced several amendments to the law on the integration of immigrants in order to facilitate their access to...
9 April 2025
United Kingdom: government calls for input on legislation for pay equality regardless of origin
On 7 April, the UK government launched a call for evidence to identify obstacles to equal opportunities for people from ethnic minorities and people with disabilities. It is seeking testimonies...
- HR
- CSR
8 April 2025
Austria: gradual retirement remains under threat
Last week, Austrian social affairs minister Korinna Schumann (SPÖ) announced in the media that part-time working for seniors (Altersteilzeit), also known as “gradual retirement”...
- HR
- CSR
7 April 2025
Poland: premature birth leave enters into force
Adopted by the Polish parliament on 27 November last year, the bill introducing additional leave for parents whose child is born prematurely or requires hospitalisation after birth came into force...
1 April 2025
Our mind news
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
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.
1
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
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
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
6
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