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18 December 2020
United Kingdom: government extends Job Retention Scheme until end of April
Having extended its furlough scheme until 31 March, the UK government decided on 17 December to push its end date further back, this time to 30 April 2021. Dubbed the Coronavirus Job Retention...
18 December 2020
Colombia: debate over potential reduction of working hours from 48 to 40 per week
On 4 December, the Colombian senate approved a bill put forward by former president Alvaro Uribe, who was in power from 2002 to 2010, that would reduce weekly working time from 48 to 40 hours. The...
14 December 2020
United Kingdom: Unilever commits to preventing discrimination on the basis of hair and hairstyles
The consumer goods giant Unilever has signed up to the Halo Code, the UK’s first black hair code, which aims to protect people with afros and other black hairstyles so they can go to work or...
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11 December 2020
Belgium: initial results from the social elections
On 09 December, Belgium’s Employment Ministry presented provisional results (here in French) from the elections for employee representatives on the Committees for Prevention and Protection...
9 December 2020
EU: CJEU dismisses appeals by Hungary and Poland to annul the directive strengthening posted workers’ rights
Hungary and Poland have failed in their attempt to derail Directive (EU) 2018/957, which amends and strengthens Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the...
8 December 2020
Spain: debate over four-day week reignited
Following comments from Spain’s deputy prime minister Pablo Iglesias, who announced that the possibility of reducing working time was already “being discussed with social...
7 December 2020
EU: Council ministers call on the Commission to adopt a regulation on human rights related corporate due diligence obligations
In the conclusions of its 01 December meeting devoted to decent work, the Council of European Labor Ministers gave their respective Member State’s support to initiatives announced by the EU...
2 December 2020
Unilever 4-day working week trial in New Zealand
From 07 December and for a one-year trail period, 81 employees working in sales, distribution and marketing roles at the Unilever food giant in New Zealand will be working in the office for 4 days...
2 December 2020
France: definitive adoption of the 28-day paternity leave
On 30 November, France’s National Assembly definitively adopted the Social Security Financing Law, which is applicable for children born from July 1, 2021, and extends paternity leave from...
1 December 2020
Germany: tax deduction for remote work being prepared
The parties in Germany’s governing coalition have agreed to introduce a tax deduction for employees that are working remotely, the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported on Monday...
30 November 2020
Malta: preparations being made for legislation on the ‘right to disconnect’
Malta is in line to be the next European country that legally recognises an employee’s ‘right to disconnect’. On 23 November, at a meeting with representatives of the General...
25 November 2020
Spain: court recognises right of single-parent families to combine maternity leave and second parent leave
The High Court of the Basque Country has allowed a single mother to take the periods of parental leave permitted by law – 16 weeks of maternity leave and 8 weeks of leave for the second...
24 November 2020
Poland: government proposes talks over a “social pact” with social partners
In its efforts to address the economic and social repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Polish government proposed on 20 November to negotiate a package of measures with social partners in...
23 November 2020
Ireland: bill tabled to establish right to disconnect and protect employees working remotely
Six deputies from the Irish Labour Party have tabled a bill that would introduce a right to disconnect – or “switch off” – for those working remotely. As the members point...
20 November 2020
Italy: main national banking union FABI, attacks UniCredit’s remote working agreement with the EWC
According to Lando Maria Sileoni, Secretary General of FABI (autonomous federation of Italian bank workers) “UniCredit should share the guidelines on work for Italy with the Italian trade...
19 November 2020
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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
Most viewed articles of the month on mind HR
What readers clicked on the most last month.
What readers clicked on the most last month.
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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Italy: Crédit Agricole introduces a handbook on managerial behaviour
The document adopted in mid-July by Crédit Agricole Italia and the main banking trade unions goes beyond the proper use of meetings and emails. This six-point handbook aims to foster constructive...
3 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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Slovakia: 6% increase in the minimum wage from 1 January 2027
The news. As Slovakia’s social partners failed to reach an agreement during tripartite negotiations, Labour Minister Erik Tomas has decided to increase the minimum wage by 6% from 1 January...
1 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026