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EU: ETUC presents its 2023-2027 action programme
With its new leadership team in place, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has presented its action programme for its 2023-2027 mandate that hinges centrally on the concept of a...
14 June 2023
EU: Council adopts position proposing highly flexible presumption of salaried status for platform workers
As we previously reported, the Council of the European Union has opted to go against the European Parliament on the matter of platform work. At the second Employment, Social Policy, Health and...
12 June 2023
Belgium: government discusses pension ‘bonus’ to incentivise longer careers
Since striking their coalition agreement, Belgium’s governing parties have been keen to introduce a financial incentive to encourage employees who wish to do so to extend their working lives...
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- CSR
12 June 2023
Cross-border employees in Europe may work up to 49.9% of their hours remotely
The framework agreement on the social security arrangements applicable to cross-border telework within the EU, the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland will come into force on 1 July 2023...
12 June 2023
United Kingdom: workplace standard issued for menopause and menstruation support
The British Standards Institute, the UK’s national standards body, has published a document setting out how employers should support staff dealing with menopause and menstruation. “The...
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5 June 2023
Australia: minimum wage to rise by 5.75% from 1 July 2023
The Fair Work Commission, an independent body in Australia with responsibility for setting wage levels, announced on 2 June that the national minimum wage will be increased, from A$812.60...
5 June 2023
Italy: government reaffirms opposition to minimum wage introduction
Responding in passing to the opposition’s call for a national minimum wage, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni pointed to government efforts to boost workers’ purchasing power by...
2 June 2023
United Kingdom: government reiterates commitment to fostering salary transparency
In response to an open letter published by the recruitment platform Liberty Hive, which in January launched a campaign calling for a law requiring salary transparency on the part of companies, the...
2 June 2023
EU: Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive secure another step forward
On 01 June, MEPs voted by 366 to 225, to adopt the Wolters report on the European Commission’s proposal introducing corporate due diligence, in a version approximating the compromise reached...
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- CSR
1 June 2023
In Berlin, the European Trade Union Confederation advocates for a four-day week
Combating the effects of inflation on wages, fighting for more collective agreements to be signed in all EU countries, but also pushing the option of a four-day working week. Such were the...
30 May 2023
Belgium: resignation notice periods capped at 13 weeks
A law dated 20 March 2023 and published on 28 April 2023 in the Moniteur belge (official journal) clarifies the rules applying to employee resignations. It specifies that a resignation notice...
26 May 2023
Great Britain: union membership continues to fall in percentage and absolute terms
On 24 May the UK government published updated figures on trade union membership for the period 1995-2022, and according to which the proportion of union affiliated workers has fallen for the...
26 May 2023
EU: European Agency for Health & Safety at Work publishes recommendations for coping with heatwaves
As the effects of climate change become more apparent, several economic sectors are increasingly having to cope with managing the steadily rising number and intensity of heat wave periods The...
23 May 2023
Great Britain: government launches consultation on reforming labour laws
At the end of 2023 some 600 EU regulations currently in place in the UK will cease to operate. The UK government has just published the list of those destined to be abolished and recently...
22 May 2023
Ireland: Vodafone introduces paid leave for caregivers
On 15 May, Vodafone Ireland, the UK telecommunications giant’s wholly owned Irish subsidiary announced its new ‘Caring for Vulnerable Others’ policy. The scheme will allow the...
17 May 2023
United States: United Steelworkers union marks major breakthrough at the Blue Bird electric school bus plant in the Southern state of Georgia
Blue Bird, which builds electric school buses in Fort Valley, Georgia has become the first significant group (1,400 employees) to join the United Steelworkers union (USW). On 12 May workers in a...
17 May 2023
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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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Catherine Chavanier (CDC Habitat): “Social dialogue on AI facilitates its deployment”
In February, CDC Habitat (10,500 employees) signed a two-year framework agreement governing social dialogue on AI. Catherine Chavanier, HR Director of the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et...
20 March 2026
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Greece: hospitality sector signs first collective agreement aligned with National Social Pact
The hospitality sector (125,000 employees), one of Greece’s largest industries after retail, signed a new two-year collective agreement on 17 March. The text, effective from 1 April 2026...
19 March 2026
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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
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France: Club Med includes “multiculturalism” in its professional equality agreement
In December 2025, Club Med and the CFTC, Unsa, and FO trade unions signed an agreement on professional equality and working conditions. It introduces measures addressing AI, pay transparency, and...
23 March 2026
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Germany: crisis and transformation wage agreement in the chemical sector
Following a two-day marathon negotiation in Bad Breisig (Western Germany), the social partners of the German chemical and pharmaceutical industries—the IG BCE trade union and the BAVC employers'...
27 March 2026
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France: bioMérieux’s new disability agreement pivots towards mental health
The news. On 6 January 2026, bioMérieux—an in vitro diagnostics specialist employing 4,400 people in France—signed a new four-year agreement “relating to the employment...
4 March 2026