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In brief, United Automobile Workers, the American trade union for workers in the automobile industry, tables a request for a vote on trade union presence at the Nissan factory in Canton, Mississippi
On 11 July, the UAW announced that it had presented to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) a petition signed by 30 per cent of blue-collar workers at the Nissan factory in Canton...
17 July 2017
Briefly, India’s IT trade unions try to play a role against a backdrop of redundancies hitting the sector
The bodies that aim to organize India’s engineers are looking to succeed at a time when a significant wave of redundancies is hitting the country’s IT sector (for more on the...
6 June 2017
In brief, Uber is set to introduce sick pay for its UK drivers
The announcement, made yesterday on 27 April, comes amid significant scrutiny of the way Uber operates, from both public and legal authorities in the UK. The firm is planning to allow its drivers...
28 April 2017
Suspension of the information thread during Christmas break
Dear readers, as we approach the end of the year we inform you we will be suspending our regular service from the evening of 22 December until the morning of 02 January 2017. As always our...
21 December 2016
To our friends and colleagues in Brussels,
This note is to send you our heartfelt support and to share in your sadness, knowing, as we do, what these events entail. We may be ‘Planet’ in name but much of who we are resides in...
22 March 2016
Great Britain: new pay deal in the construction industry
The three main construction unions, the GMB, UCATT and Unite, are to recommend to their members covered by under the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) agreement acceptance of a new offer...
25 November 2013
Volkswagen: new “Temporary work Charter” will apply to all agency workers across the globe
which the IG-Metall said it was a milestone, Volkswagen, the German carmaker, is committing to reducing the level of temporary employment in the group and to gradually introducing equal pay...
4 December 2012
Belgium: preliminary draft bill allowing temporary work on grounds of integration and to limit successive day temporary work contracts
Council of Ministers approved an initial bill aiming to implement the agreement negotiated by the social partners at the National Labor Council (CNT) – the national social dialogue body in...
3 December 2012
EU: Parliament’s Employment Committee to prepare an own-initiative report on collective bargaining and social dialogue at transnational level
e Employment Committee gave Thomas Händel, from the Parliament’s Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left, a mandate to work on a draft resolution entitled...
27 November 2012
Spain: how Microsoft Spain and Wolters Kluwer Spain are implementing telework models
e latest labor reform (Decree Law 3/2012) constitutes a legal milestone of Spanish law as telework is regulated within a legislative framework for the first time, by modifying article 13 of the...
27 November 2012
EU: a draft directive on non-financial reporting could be adopted soon
European Commission should adopt a draft directive aiming at improving transparency in businesses, particularly in the areas of environment, human rights and sustainable development, and on ways...
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20 November 2012
Spain: new Royal Decree introduces framework to develop dual vocational training
ecree No. 1529/2012 introducing the contract of training and learning based on the dual training system was published. It is meant to gradually implement the dual vocational training system in...
19 November 2012
HP: European trade union coordination to help employee representatives stay in touch after EWC is terminated
tatives terminated the anticipation agreement establishing a European Works Council. Before a new agreement is signed, the EWC will be governed by the 2009 regulations – more advantageous...
14 November 2012
Italy: new association of insurance and credit professionals within the CGIL
IL, the new organization representing self-employed insurances and banking professionals was officially created on October 25. It aims to better protect self-employed professionals, who the union...
26 October 2012
Italy: historical Court of Cassation ruling on the causal link between the intensive use of cell phones at work and getting a tumorous pathology
on recognized the trigeminal nerve tumor of a former Brescia manager, who intensively used his cell phone at work, as an occupational disease. It is the first time ever the link between the...
23 October 2012
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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.
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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
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
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France: Crédit Agricole to tighten remote work rules
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
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2026 TRENDS – Pay transparency becomes a reality for European companies
mind RH is taking a look at the trends that will shape 2026. Many countries remain behind schedule in transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, leaving companies in a state of uncertainty as...
27 January 2026
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TRENDS IN 2026 — Reducing workplace absence at all costs: a major challenge for Europe
Workplace absence is on the rise across Europe, particularly among women, older employees and, since the Covid-19 pandemic, young people under the age of 30. Faced with this growing problem, some...
14 January 2026
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Vincent Lecerf (Orange): “Equality and diversity are competitive advantages for us”
Following the signing of a new agreement on professional equality and diversity in December, the chief HR officer of French multinational telecommunications corporation Orange Group, Vincent...
13 January 2026
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2026 TRENDS — Social dialogue, a major challenge in the deployment of AI in companies
mind RH is analysing the trends that will shape 2026. Artificial intelligence is emerging as a force that goes far beyond efficiency gains and productivity improvements. It is reshaping tasks...
4 February 2026
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France: transposition of the pay transparency directive takes shape
The transposition of the European directive on pay transparency into French law is entering a decisive phase. The Minister of Labour, Jean-Pierre Farandou, wants to present the bill to Parliament...
21 January 2026