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Germany: in a bid to boost its employer brand Deutsche Post reintegrates staff at its DHL low-cost packages delivery subsidiary into its ‘house agreements’
In March 2019 Deutsche Post announced a turnaround in its 2015 strategy of setting up subsidiaries that led to separate working conditions for Deutsche Post (DP) employees and those working for...
4 September 2019
Chile: proposed legislation to reduce the working week to 40 hours progresses through parliament
This proposed legislation left the government in a febrile state through the summer months. Despite comments from some employers’ bodies’ representatives, on 02 September 2019 the Labor Commission...
3 September 2019
Great Britain: 30% of employers are turning down requests for flexible working (survey results)
With the academic year underway the TUC trade union confederation has published results of its survey that reveals almost a third of employees’ requests for flexible working are being turned down...
3 September 2019
Argentina: government raises the minimum salary level
Despite failed discussions on 30 August with the trade unions as part of the Salary Council to reach a consensus, on 02 September Argentina’s Official Bulletin published a 35% increase in the...
3 September 2019
Germany: first details emerge on upcoming law ‘for the work of tomorrow’, which seeks to help companies deal with the digital transition
In keeping with Germany’s national ongoing training strategy, launched in June of this year (see article nº11175), the country’s ministry for labour is working on a law ‘for the work of tomorrow’...
2 September 2019
Pay inequality on the rise in several countries (ILO figures)
On its InfoStories website, the International Labour Organization has published a graph demonstrating the changing pay inequality across the world. The graph shows the so-called ‘top-bottom wage...
2 September 2019
Australia: draft religious discrimination bill is opened to public consultation
On 29 August, Australian Attorney General Christian Porter published a proposal for draft legislation that bans religious discrimination, and presented it as a shield protecting citizens who...
30 August 2019
Canada: new regulations for conciliation and the combat of violence towards employees in federally regulated sectors including transport, banking, and telecommunications
As part of the drive initiated in 2017 to ‘modernise federal labour legislation’, changes to the Canada Labour Code (CLC) will soon come into effect, which will impact employees in federally...
29 August 2019
United States: States ‘correct’ a Federal proposal on overtime pay regulations
Several US States are addressing the area of overtime hours in a bid to make up for shortcomings in the US Labor Department’s proposal (c.f. article No. 11037). Washington, Pennsylvania, and...
29 August 2019
Germany: Google open to talks with IG Metall and YouTubers over the working conditions of the latter
In July of this year, the FairTube campaign was launched, through a partnership between IG Metall, the largest sector trade union in Europe, and the Youtubers Union, a Facebook group made up of...
28 August 2019
Germany: co-management boosted by presence of temporary workers (judgement)
On Tuesday 20 August, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof-BGH) published the reasons for its judgement handed down on 25 June 2019 (file n° Az. II ZB 21/18), when judges ruled in...
27 August 2019
Argentina: the status of platform workers the subject of debate
The country is proving somewhat to be a test case for Latin America. At the start of the month, a judge in Buenos Aires ordered a halt to all home food delivery applications in the Argentine...
27 August 2019
Great Britain: appeal court confirms that a company’s management may implement plans without waiting for the EWC’s opinion
In a judgement handed down on 31 July (here), the Employment Appeal Tribunal rejected the appeal from the European Works Council at Oracle, against an initial decision made on 12 February (see...
26 August 2019
Crédit Agricole: global framework agreement signed with UNI Global Union
On 31 July the French banking group signed with UNI Global Union, the international trade union federation of the private service sector, a global framework agreement covering basic labour rights...
26 August 2019
Portugal: final adoption of Labor Code reform
On Friday 19 July Portugal’s National Assembly definitively adopted a series of amendments to the country’s Labor Code. While social collaboration initiated the reform process and several...
24 July 2019
Germany: little uptake of the law on salary transparency
Germany’s law on remuneration transparency (c.f. article No. 10143) that came into force in July 2017 sought to narrow the country’s gender pay gap, which at 21%, is one of the highest in Europe...
23 July 2019
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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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France: Yves Rocher convicted of breach of duty of vigilance for infringement of freedom of association
The specialised chamber of the Paris Judicial Court convicted Yves Rocher on 12 March for breaching its duty of vigilance. The group was sued by Turkish employees dismissed in 2018 by a subsidiary...
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12 March 2026
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2026 TRENDS – CSR: A strategic asset for European companies?
mind HR is looking ahead at the trends set to shape 2026. Sustainability policy remains in flux after a year of CSR rollbacks across Europe. Companies are calling for greater predictability and...
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Spain: business support package to tackle the economic impact of the Middle East conflict
The Spanish government approved a series of measures on 20 March to support companies facing rising energy prices. In return, these businesses are prohibited from making redundancies for economic...
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Germany: a corporate group supports local political engagement via its “Democracy Charter”
Large corporations in the Hesse region, surrounding Frankfurt, are defending local democracy by enabling employees to volunteer in local public life through an initiative dubbed the "Democracy...
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EU: Council adopts position on simplifying AI rules
The Council of the EU approved its position on 13 March regarding the “omnibus regulation” proposal, published last November by the Commission to simplify the AI Act. Confirming the...
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20 March 2026
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United States: Coca-Cola subsidiary sued by the administration over women-only event
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on 18 February that it is launching federal proceedings against Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast for “sex-based...
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6 March 2026