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EU: second phase of consultation with social partners on traineeships launched
On Thursday 28 September, the European Commission launched the second phase of the consultation with social partners to update the framework for traineeships. Almost two million people were paid...
2 October 2023
United Kingdom: CIPD issues guide to promote inclusion of transgender employees
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the trade association for human resource management professionals, recently published a guide on equality, diversity and inclusion of...
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2 October 2023
United Kingdom: minimum wage to rise from April 2024
UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt is to announce today an increase in the national living wage – effective from 1 April 2024 – at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. The figure...
2 October 2023
Argentina: minimum wage increases again in response to hyperinflation
Argentina’s government has announced a further increase in the national ‘minimum, living and mobile wage.’ In December 2023, it will rise a further 32% from the current...
28 September 2023
France: the government sets about tackling the escalation in sick leave
Presented on 27 September 2023, the Social Security Financing Bill 2024 provides the government with an opportunity to tighten controls over sick leave, alongside which the executive is also...
Belgium: leave period entitlement maintained in the event of illness during holidays
The law of 17 July 2023, published in the Moniteur belge (Official Gazette) on 31 July 2023 applies the provisions of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and CJEU jurisprudence, which require...
27 September 2023
Poland: a new list of prohibited occupations for minors
As of 30 September 2023, a new list of prohibited occupations for minors aged over 15 but under 18 will come into force. Employers will not be allowed to request minors (aged 15-18) to perform...
27 September 2023
United Kingdom: Information Commissioner’s Office issues guidance on protecting workers’ health data
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published new guidance for employers on the processing of workers’ health information. The UK’s independent authority set up to...
25 September 2023
US-Brazil initiative on decent work launched
On 20 September, during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the presidents of the United States and Brazil, Joe Biden and Luiz Inácio Lula, sealed a partnership to protect...
25 September 2023
France: agreement struck to regulate suspensions of independent delivery drivers from platforms
Drivers for ride-hailing services such as Uber have struck a deal whereby conditions for their suspension will be regulated by collective bargaining, just a few months after couriers for delivery...
22 September 2023
Portugal: the amount of exempted monthly teleworking expenses is set at €22
On 18 September 2023 Portugal’s government issued an ordinance setting the limit for tax- and social security-exempt allowances paid by companies to teleworkers. This ceiling is to be set at...
21 September 2023
Great Britain: workers to have a right to more control over work schedules
On 19 September 2023 the UK Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act received royal assent. This text gives workers the right to request a more predictable working pattern or one tailored to...
20 September 2023
Serbia: minimum wage to rise by 17.8% on 01 January 2024
Following the failure to reach agreement with the trade union bodies, on 14 September during the Economic and Social Council meeting, Serbia’s executive decided the amount of the minimum...
20 September 2023
Mexico: draft legislation to accommodate paid leave period for the care of a sick child
The conservative National Action Party Senator Erandi Bermúdez Méndez is backing a bill that aims to introduce a specific paid leave into federal labour law, namely a leave period...
19 September 2023
Poland: minimum wage to rise from 1 January 2024
The Polish government has decided to increase the minimum wage from next year. After the decision taken by the Council of Ministers on 14 September, the wage level will increase from 3,600 zlotys...
18 September 2023
Romania: minimum wage to increase from 1 October
On 12 September, Romanian finance minister Marcel-Ioan Boloș announced an increase in the gross monthly minimum wage, taking effect from 1 October. This figure will increase from 3,000 lei...
15 September 2023
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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
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
Most viewed articles of the month on mind HR
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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
6 November 2025
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
7 November 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
5 November 2025
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
6 November 2025
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Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025