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EU: Parliament’s Employment Committee votes to make access to public procurement conditional on compliance with collective bargaining
On 13 May, MEPs in the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs overwhelmingly approved an opinion on a draft report on public procurement. Although the report, which...
16 May 2025
Slovenia: pension reform bill proposes to increase retirement age by two years
On 8 May, the Slovenian government adopted a bill amending the pension and disability scheme to “adapt the system to the ageing population”, it said in a statement. The bill provides...
- HR
- CSR
14 May 2025
Colombia: a decree to protect people who report sexual harassment at work
On 1 April 2025, the Colombian government published a decree aimed at protecting people who report sexual harassment at work to an administrative or judicial authority and at punishing employers...
13 May 2025
France: national interprofessional agreement on employment of over-50s transposed
On 7 May, French labour minister Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet presented to the Council of Ministers a bill transposing the national interprofessional agreements promoting the employment of experienced...
- HR
- CSR
12 May 2025
France: bill passed to protect employees undergoing medically assisted reproduction or adoption
On 5 May, French MPs voted in favour of a bill aimed at protecting people undergoing medically assisted reproduction (MAR) or adoption from discrimination in the workplace. The bill, presented by...
6 May 2025
Mexico: working week to be gradually cut to 40 hours
On Thursday 1 May, the Mexican government announced a gradual reduction of the working week to 40 hours, down from the current 48 hours. According to the country’s leftwing president Claudia...
6 May 2025
France: scope of class actions on social matters greatly expanded
A law containing various provisions adapting to European Union legislation, published in France’s official journal on 30 April 2025, transposes the directive of 25 November 2020 on...
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5 May 2025
France: occupational health and safety passport posted online
On 28 April, the French labour ministry announced the launch of the occupational health and safety passport in partnership with the Caisse des Dépôts, a public financial institution...
29 April 2025
Slovenia: government clarifies rules on recording of working time
The Slovenian labour ministry has today published a note for employers on the application of the law on working time recording, which came into force on 23 April. It specifies the information that...
28 April 2025
Netherlands: minimum wage for young people to rise from 1 January 2027
On 24 April, the Dutch government confirmed the increase in the minimum wage for young people aged 16 to 20, as set out in the 2025 spring memorandum. This document, which contains an update of...
25 April 2025
Cyprus: law to prevent and combat harassment at work enters into force
The first Cypriot law on preventing and combating violence and harassment in the workplace came into force on 11 April. It aims to provide broad protection for employees and is based on ILO...
24 April 2025
Netherlands: government launches transposition of pay transparency directive
On 26 March, the Dutch government presented a bill transposing, among other things, the European directive on pay transparency. Companies with more than 50 employees will be subject to new...
18 April 2025
France: banking industry anticipates impact of generative AI on jobs
On 15 April 2025, the French banking industry jobs observatory, a joint organisation of the country’s banking federation and trade unions, published a study on the impact of generative...
16 April 2025
Belgium: government proposes to increase career length required for end-of-career employment
On 11 April, the Belgian council of ministers approved a draft royal decree that increases the length of career required to benefit from end-of-career employment. Under existing...
16 April 2025
Luxembourg: European directive on cross-border mergers and divisions transposed into labour law
The law that transposes into Luxembourg law the European directive aimed at facilitating the mobility of companies within the European area came into force on 1 April. This text introduces new...
15 April 2025
EU: postponement of application of corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives finalised
Just over a month and a half after it was presented by the Commission, the first part of the omnibus package on sustainability was definitively adopted by the Council of the EU on Monday 14 April...
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14 April 2025
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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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What readers clicked on the most last month.
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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