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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
Italy: new agreement at TIM (formerly Telecom Italia) to speed up early retirements and facilitate generational renewal
On 08 March the TIM telecommunications group together with the SLC-Cgil, Fistel-Cisl, Uilcom and UGL Telecomunicazioni unions signed an agreement providing for 1,300 voluntary early retirements by...
16 March 2021
Uber ordered to share with two UK drivers the data used as basis for blocking their accounts
On 11 March, the district court in Amsterdam – where Uber’s European headquarters is based – ruled that the tech giant must provide two British complainants, in the two months...
15 March 2021
France: labour minister to adopt ordinance by end of April to establish representation for platform workers
A taskforce appointed in January this year, to define the way social dialogue for self-employed workers on digital job platforms and representation thereof should be conducted, has submitted a...
12 March 2021
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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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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Italy: artificial Intelligence on the menu of Barilla’s new company agreement
Prior consultation with trade unions on innovations related to artificial intelligence, strengthened training, and progress on parenthood: these are the main new features of the agreement signed...
2 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026