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Great Britain: consultation launched to finalise the code of practice combatting the wave of ‘fire and rehire’
On 24 January 2023, the UK executive opened a 12-week consultation aimed at finalising its Draft Code of Practice on dismissal and re-engagement. The code, promised in 2022 following the P&O...
25 January 2023
Amazon: report by international trade union exposes impact of surveillance technology on workers’ health
UNI Global Union, the international union federation, has published a report based on a survey of 2,000 employees – from eight countries – at US e-commerce giant Amazon. Published on...
23 January 2023
France: an agreement to guarantee Uber drivers a minimum income amount per journey
On 18 January 2023, two trade unions, two associations for VTC drivers (passenger car with driver) and two organisations representing the online platforms signed a wage agreement guaranteeing a...
19 January 2023
Croatia: substantial changes to the Labour Law
On 01 January 2023, amendments to Croatia’s Labour Act came into force. The text adopted on 16 December 2022 limits to three the number of successive fixed-term employment contracts allowed...
19 January 2023
United States: new Federal protections for pregnant women
On 22 December 2022, the US Senate passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act as part of the 2023 budget vote. The text...
17 January 2023
UK: executive seeks to make holiday pay calculations consistent for temporary workers
After the Supreme Court ruled in July 2022 that the calculation of holiday pay for a contract teacher should be similar to that used for permanent employees, the executive has decided to legislate...
17 January 2023
France: Equans (Bouygues Group) encourages its employees to join the National Guard
On 11 January 2023, the energy and industry services group Equans, which employs almost 27,000 employees in France, signed an agreement with the National Guard, which brings together reservists...
17 January 2023
Germany: judgment makes it easier to keep unused paid leave
In a potentially landmark ruling, issued on 20 December 2022, the German Federal Labour Court (BAG) decided that employees remain entitled to unused paid leave for an indefinite period, if their...
16 January 2023
EU: a company cannot refuse to give contracts to a self-employed person on the grounds of sexual orientation (CJEU)
In a judgment passed on 12 January, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in favour of a Polish television editor who claimed a nationwide broadcaster declined to renew his contract for...
13 January 2023
Italy: labour inspectorate clarifies application of work-life balance rules
The Italian national labour inspectorate (Ispettorato Nazionale del Lavoro, INL) has provided details on how the decree-law transposing the European directive 2019/1158 on work-life balance, in...
13 January 2023
South Korea: parental leave extended from 12 to 18 months
On 28 December 2022, South Korea’s government announced several measures to respond to both issues of the falling birth rate and the ageing population. From among these is an extension of...
11 January 2023
Portugal: four-day working week pilot project commences
A four-day working week trial programme has kicked off in Portugal. During the first six months of 2023, companies wishing to participate in the experimental pilot project will be subject to a...
9 January 2023
United States: pay transparency rules enter into force in Washington, California and Rhode Island
Employers in the US state of Washington with 15 employees or more must now detail salary ranges in all job postings, under a new law that took effect on 1 January 2023. Firms are also required to...
6 January 2023
Great Britain: Atom Bank permanently adopts the shorter four-day working week
After more than a year of testing the four-day working week, UK online retail bank Atom Bank has decided to permanently implement the shorter working period. As a reminder, the group started...
5 January 2023
Spain: special visa for digital nomads comes into force
New legislation aimed at fostering the ecosystem of emerging companies, known as the Start-up Law, came into force on 01 January 2023. The law seeks to establish a favourable regulatory framework...
4 January 2023
EU: whistle-blower protection implemented in another four EU Member States
While EU Member States had until 17 December 2021 to transpose into national law EU Directive 2019/1937 on the protection of whistle-blowers, some have countries waited more than a year after the...
3 January 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