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France : adoption of purchasing power measures for employees
Meeting in extraordinary session, a majority of the elected/re-elected members of the country’s National Assembly following President Macron recent loss of his absolute parliamentary power...
26 July 2022
United Kingdom: Virgin Money to pay out £1,000 bonus to help staff cope with inflation
On 19 August, UK bank Virgin Money is to pay 78% of its staff a £1,000 (€1,175.31) bonus help them deal with the soaring cost of living. The 6,000 or so employees of the company set to...
25 July 2022
EU: unions call for directive on maximum working temperatures
After two workers died of heatstroke in Spain last week, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has today – on Monday 25 July – called on the European Commission to impose a...
25 July 2022
EU: pact for skills signed in digital sector
An eleventh sectoral pact has been signed as part of the European Skills Agenda launched by the Commission (see articles n°12903 and n°12881), this time in the digital space. Despite the...
20 July 2022
Luxembourg: government postpones indexation of wages to price rises planned for July
As it looks to tackle rampant inflation, the government of Luxembourg has decided to pause the automatic mechanism to index wages against the cost of living. While Statec, the Grand Duchy’s...
20 July 2022
Italy: gender equality certification for companies created
One of the priorities of Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza – PNRR) is to reward the companies that perform best in terms of gender...
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20 July 2022
Malta: paid paternity and parental leave officially established
On 12 July 2022 the EU Directive of 20 June 2019 on the work-life balance of parents and carers (c.f. article No. 11231) was transposed into Maltese law by way of Legal Notice 201 entitled...
19 July 2022
Ireland: Parliament passes paid Sick Leave legislation
Approved by the Irish government in April (c.f. article No.12991), the Sick Leave Bill 2022 was officially passed on 13 July by the Houses of the Oireachtas (parliament). All that remains for this...
18 July 2022
France: 37% of employees consulted on Covid-19 safety measures
According to survey results from the Direction de l’animation de la recherche, des études et des statistiques (Dares- the research, studies and statistics division operating under the...
13 July 2022
Ukraine: international trade unions express concern over unravelling of labour law
Following the provisions adopted with the introduction of martial law in Ukraine (see articles n°12971 and 13075), the weakening of labour law could this time be permanent. Deputies in the...
12 July 2022
Romania: bill tabled to create leave allowances for caregivers and family emergencies
The Romanian government has tabled a bill that will introduce various amendments to the country’s labour code, with a view to transposing, by the start of August, the European directive on...
12 July 2022
Italy: government adopts definitive versions of decree-laws on work-life balance and transparent working conditions
The two texts adopted by Italy’s Council of Ministers on 22 June confirm the provisions of the draft versions approved at the end of March (see articles n°12999 and n°13002). The...
8 July 2022
The Netherlands: recognition of telework as a legal right
On 05 July, the Dutch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) approved an initiative bill geared towards making home working a legal right. This text, supported by the social liberal Democrats 66...
7 July 2022
Great Britain: the government seeks to lower childcare costs in order to encourage parents to return to work
In its plan unveiled on 04 July, the UK executive announced the launch of a consultation aimed at reducing the childcare ratio in nurseries (early year settings for 2 year olds). According to its...
7 July 2022
Italy: new Covid-19 protocol in the workplace
On 30 June, as the seventh wave of Covid-19 sweeps through the country, Italy’s government and social partners signed a new Covid-19 workplace protocol, which simplifies the previous...
7 July 2022
EU: MEPs call for measures to prevent ‘technostress’* and ‘over-connection’
On 05 July, a majority of the EU parliament adopted a resolution ‘urging’ measures from the EU Commission to tackle the issue of mental health in the digital workplace. The MEPs once...
6 July 2022
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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