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France: Prime Minister unveils the government’s main pension reform measures
On 11 December amid widespread social unrest protesting the government’s prospective pension reforms inter alia, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, in a much anticipated address, detailed the...
11 December 2019
Belgium: insurance sector secures an agreement for 2019-2020 that focuses on purchasing power and job security
On 03 December, Belgium’s insurance sector federation Assuralia, together with the CGSLB, CNE-CSC and SETCa FGTB, trade unions agreed on a 2019-2020 sector agreement that impacts 23,000 employees...
10 December 2019
Germany: Employment Minister seeks to require company monitoring of environmental and social standards compliance along their supply chains
On 09 December, the German Employment and Social Affairs Employment Minister, Hubertus Heil (SPD), announced during an interview that he, along with his Economic Cooperation and Development...
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10 December 2019
Poland: in a bid to better comprehend online platform working, Polish and German trade unions share their own specific practices
On 18 October Poland’s OPZZ trade union together with the Ebert Foundation (close to Germany’s Social-Democrat party) hosted a seminar aimed at exchanging information over online workers and...
10 December 2019
Germany: Verdi’s 2019 innovation barometer flags need for greater co-determination on issue of artificial intelligence
The innovation barometer has been published annually since 2005 by the services trade union Verdi and the Technical University of Munich. The most recent edition focuses on the impact of...
9 December 2019
United States: the value clash in the tech industry, a breeding ground for a new form of social activism
Alexander Colvin, dean of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, dissects the so-called “value clash” experienced by young workers in the high-tech industry and their...
9 December 2019
India: industrial relations reform bill welcomed by employers but criticised by unions
The labour code on industrial relations was finally brought before the Indian parliament on 29 November. The code forms part of a comprehensive labour reform pushed by Narendra Modi since he...
9 December 2019
Poland: guide published to help employers implement equality policies and combat discrimination
The Polish business organisation Lewiatan has recently published a guide entitled “Company of Equal Opportunities”. The guide seeks to help employers implement proper company equality policies. It...
6 December 2019
Germany: Bavaria Labor Tribunal rules that online platform workers are not employees
On 04 December, the Land of Bavaria’s Labor Tribunal in Munich delivered one of the first rulings on the legal status of online platform workers and deemed them not to hold employee worker status...
5 December 2019
Germany: 4.8% salary increase over 29 months for insurance sector employees
On 30 November and following tough negotiations, Germany’s insurance sector social partners finally signed a collective agreement covering the 170,000 employees in the sector’s various services...
4 December 2019
Belgium: banking sector commits to further gender equality
On 21 November, Belgium’s Women in Finance association announced it had already achieved its goal of a charter promoting equal treatment between males and females that covers more than 90% of...
3 December 2019
United States: draft legislation allowing workers to opt out of trade union negotiated agreements and to independently negotiate their own conditions
On 18 November, three Republican US House of Representatives members from the conservative states of South Dakota, North Carolina, and Tennessee, presented their Worker’s Choice Act that aims to...
3 December 2019
EU: tough task to update European rules on social security for mobile citizens
With the Juncker Commission’s five years in office having come to an end, there is a feeling of business being unfinished when it comes to social Europe. As the former European Commissioner for...
2 December 2019
Germany: companies focus on issue of parenthood amid talent war
On 25 November the German arm of US IT giant Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced that all employees will now be eligible for six months of parental leave, with 100% pay from the company...
2 December 2019
United States: big cities and states take steps to regulate the gig economy
Several US states and large cities in the country are taking action in a bid to regulate the legal Wild West that is the so-called gig economy. California, Seattle and New York City are on the...
2 December 2019
United Kingdom: Supreme Court decision bolsters protections for whistleblowers
The UK Supreme Court has ruled (here) in favour of a former employee of the Royal Mail postal group who felt that she was dismissed for reporting poor practice on the part of a colleague. For...
29 November 2019
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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