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Brexit: questions remain on the rights of European and British expats after agreement between the United Kingdom and European Commission
“Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed”. This wording, contained in the 15-page document detailing the agreement between the European Commission and United Kingdom (see article no. 10489)...
11 December 2017
Germany: Mercedes-Benz, Airbus and BLG Logistics organise employee exchange programme to prepare staff for the challenges of digitalisation
As part of a pilot project named CROSS (Competence Rotation Over Several Sectors), 14 workers at Mercedes-Benz, Airbus and BLG Logistics participated in an employee exchange programme, between...
8 December 2017
United Kingdom: Primark and Sports Direct singled out for failing to pay the minimum wage
Having stuck to its policy to ‘name and shame’ offending firms, the UK government published a list of 260 companies that failed to pay the minimum wage to a combined total of 16,000 workers. In...
8 December 2017
Ireland: government unveils bill to ban zero-hour contracts
Ireland’s centre-right government plans to ban zero-hour contracts, which offer no guarantee of a salary or working time, at the start of 2018. To this end, the Employment (Miscellaneous...
8 December 2017
In brief, United Kingdom and European Commission reach an agreement which guarantees the rights of European and British citizens post-Brexit
The Commission offers the assurance that “the rights of EU citizens living in the United Kingdom and United Kingdom citizens in the EU27 will remain the same after the United Kingdom has left the...
8 December 2017
France : the national rail company SNCF signs an agreement on modernizing union based communication
Against a backdrop of ‘digitalized industrial relations’, on 17 November, French rail company SNCF together with the principal representative union bodies, the central works council, and the...
6 December 2017
Italy: logistics sector national collective agreement renewed and a professional profile for riders to come
On 03 December, twenty or so employers’ bodies together with the Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl and Uiltrasporti unions signed an agreement that intends for the national collective agreement in the logistics...
5 December 2017
Great Britain: government to pull back its ‘Fit for Work’ program
Launched at the end of 2014 the government’s ‘Fit for Work’ initiative aimed at tackling absenteeism will be significantly downgraded from mid-December. The program had allowed employers to refer...
5 December 2017
EU : a joint declaration on Telework in the European Banking Sector
On 17 November, the European social partners of the banking sector* signed a Joint Declaration on Telework in the European Banking Sector. They have already agreed to also sign a further joint...
4 December 2017
Italy: collective agreement renewed at Poste Italiane
Following almost two years of negotiations, Poste Italiane signed a new collective agreement with the Slc-Cgil, Slp-Cisl, Uilposte, Failp-Cisal, Confsal and Ugl trade unions. Penned on 30...
4 December 2017
Argentina: government looks to move quickly on labour law reform, despite protests
The Argentinian government has set itself an ambitious target for its controversial reform of working time. The bill reached the parliamentary stage two weeks ago, following an unprecedented...
4 December 2017
Italy: UniCredit and its EWC sign a joint declaration on work-life balance
This declaration is a first in Europe’s banking sector. It sets out a series of measures that recognize workers’ skills and working time, whilst also respecting their private lives at a time when...
30 November 2017
Germany: Audi launches a major training campaign focused on big data and artificial intelligence
Germany’s automaker has just launched a major further-training ‘campaign’ called ‘data.camp’, which should enable “faster and more targeted skills acquisition for employees in areas for the...
30 November 2017
Aviva: the UK insurer puts parental leave in place for second parents in five countries
Going forward, second parents employed by Aviva and currently working in France, the UK, Ireland, Canada and Singapore can, upon the birth or adoption of their child/children, benefit from real...
30 November 2017
Italy: far reaching transformation has occurred in recent years in the country’s the industrial relations model
Six years have passed since FCA (then Fiat) quit the country’s employers’ body Confindustria. The resultant seismic effects on the social landscape sparked a series of structural changes that have...
29 November 2017
EU: national legislation cannot hinder a self-employed worker reclassified as a worker from securing ex-poste compensation for all untaken holiday periods
On 29 November, the CJEU ruled that a worker must be able to carry over and accumulate unexercised rights to paid annual leave when an employer does not put that worker in a position in which he...
29 November 2017
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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
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
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Italy: European pay transparency directive, a major step forward for businesses
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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France: government proposes suspending pension reform
French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu, reappointed on 10 October after resigning four days earlier, delivered his general policy speech to the National Assembly on 14 October. He announced the...