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Mexico: government secures agreement on outsourcing regulations with employers’ and unions’ organizations
On 05 April, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that a tripartite agreement regulating outsourcing had been secured, following several months of...
7 April 2021
Germany: slow start to coronavirus testing in companies causing controversy
In line with a decision by Germany’s Federal Government and its various Länders on 03 March 2021, companies are being called on to offer free weekly (at least) Covid rapid antigen tests...
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- CSR
6 April 2021
Great Britain: Unite launches a confidential hotline for Amazon whistleblowers
As of 29 March, Amazon UK’s 40,000 employees who claim to have witnessed or been victims of bad practices can contact Unite directly by way of a dedicated hotline number and email. With...
1 April 2021
Volvo Cars announces 24-week parental leave for all employees worldwide
On 30 March car manufacturer Volvo Cars announced it is opting-in its more than 40,000 employees globally, in all plants and offices, into a new all-gender, paid parental leave policy. From 01...
31 March 2021
Ireland: government and social partners to work on overhauling industrial relations
A comprehensive review of industrial relations. On 30 March the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar announced the review of a system he considers to be...
31 March 2021
New Zealand: government introduces parental bereavement leave after miscarriage
On 24 March New Zealand’s parliament unanimously adopted a new right giving mothers who suffer a miscarriage along with their partners partners, to 3-days of paid bereavement leave. This new...
30 March 2021
United States: NLRB orders Elon Musk to delete a tweet threatening employees tempted by union representation
Could Twitter become a new terrain for industrial relations? That idea is perhaps not so appealing to the US National Labor Relations Board, which has ordered electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla...
29 March 2021
Financial services giant Citigroup bans video calls on Fridays
There will be no more Friday video calls for employees of Citigroup. The New York-based financial services group, the world’s 12th-largest company according to the Forbes Global 2000, has...
26 March 2021
Portugal: remote work and staggered working hours extended until 31 December 2021
An extension of the exceptional, provisional work reorganisation regime to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic has been decreed in Portugal. Remote work is compulsory unless an agreement is...
26 March 2021
EU: ETUC seeks to help its members strategically reposition given the democratic and social challenges in the post-Covid-19 era
Based on the observation that the pandemic ‘removes all our certainties’ and necessarily leads us to reflect upon the world of tomorrow, the ETUC’s Rethinking project seeks to...
25 March 2021
UniCredit implements global parental leave policy of 16 weeks for mothers and 4 for fathers
On 22 March the Italian bank announced its implementation of a group-wide minimum standard maternity leave of 16 weeks (paid) and 4 weeks for fathers (voluntary), which will apply globally from...
24 March 2021
Canada: government launches consultation on protections for ‘Gig Workers’ and on a ‘Right to Disconnect’ for federally regulated workers
Adapting labour rights to ensure that they are consistent with ‘the new realities of Canadian workers.’ Thus the government’s objective announced on 18 March with the launch of...
23 March 2021
Sodexo: declaration of intent signed with IUF to improve protection of staff, including when working at client sites
Sodexo, the French food services and facilities management company, and the IUF (International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’...
22 March 2021
Italy: banking sector social partners secure agreement on workplace vaccinations
Following the recent industrial sector agreement (c.f. article No.12411), Italy’s banking sector is also making itself available for an employee vaccination program. The agreement dated 17...
19 March 2021
Germany: sharp increase in size of apprenticeship bonus payments
The number of apprenticeship contracts in Germany declined in 2020 due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. On 17 March the Federal government strengthened the federal apprenticeship support...
18 March 2021
Great Britain: Uber to pay drivers the minimum wage and recognize benefits that are normally due to ‘workers’
Less than a month after the Supreme Court ruled that Uber drivers were not self-employed but instead were ‘workers’ (c.f. article No.12369), the U.S. platform has reacted by announcing...
17 March 2021
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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
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France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
16 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025
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France: generative AI and older workers central to BPCE’s skills management strategy
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