News
Trending topics
- Artificial intelligence
- Global Framework Agreements
- Older workers
- European Framework Agreement
- Gender equality
- Collective agreement
- hybrid work
- Remote work regulations
- Gig workers and the regulation of platforms
- Skills
- EWC agreements and recast directive
- Corporate sustainability due diligence
- CSRD
- Wages
- Managing the fallout of Covid-19
Spain: talks between unions and employers over collective bargaining and employment framework agreement at a standstill
Will trade unions and employers in Spain manage to seal a framework agreement on collective bargaining and employment this year? That is the question on people’s lips as talks remain at a...
9 April 2018
United States: trade unions raise concerns over draft labour law reforms in Mexico, which could undermine the objectives of the NAFTA renegociation
With negotiations over a new free trade agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico (NAFTA), which had long been viewed as dead in the water, recently resuming, aided perhaps by the...
9 April 2018
News updates as of April 5, 2018
On the menu : in Germany, major retailer Real quits the employer’s body in order to cease dealing with the services union Verdi, roughly 1,500 UK companies have missed the midnight 04 April...
4 April 2018
Italy: oil and gas company ENI augments ‘smart working’
In light of the success of its pilot phase that was launched in February 2017 and which only concerned parents with young children, on 23 March 2018, ENI, together with the Filctem-Cgil...
4 April 2018
Vodafone looks to boost the digital skills of 10 million young people worldwide
At the end of March 2018, UK telecommunications giant Vodafone presented a landmark program that aims to provide careers guidance as well as more access to digital training for up to 10 million...
4 April 2018
Germany: unprecedented agreement on occupational health management reached by Primark and Verdi
The services industry trade union Verdi and the Irish clothing retailer Primark have reached an agreement to provide training for management staff on workplace health. The agreement, which is one...
30 March 2018
United Kingdom: government unveils £12 million fund to boost adult skills
The UK’s skills minister Anne Milton announced on 29 March that some 11.7 million pounds (13.3 million euros) would be freed up to fund 32 new projects in the country, to help adults learn new...
30 March 2018
News update as of March 28, 2018
On the menu : IndustriALL Global Union and the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) and have filed a complaint with the OECD Brazil national contact points against the British-Australian...
28 March 2018
Finland: last minute agreement for the banking sector
Following five months of negotiations, and sector-wide strike action set for the start of April (c.f. article No. 10611), employers and unions have finally accepted conciliator Minna Helle’s...
26 March 2018
Solvay: signing of a charter on the recognition of employee representative skills
On 28 February, Solvay CEO, Jean-Pierre Clamadieu and EWC coordinator Albert Kruft together signed the first European text that recognizes skills acquired by those undertaking employee...
26 March 2018
Poland: rising labor market demand side pressures means employers are being increasingly creative in offering social benefits
Faced with constant falling unemployment and a dearth of skilled candidates, employers are varying the range of social benefits they offer in order to attract the best talent. Below is an overview...
26 March 2018
Germany: new employment minister seeks to combat poverty and introduce right to temporary part-time work
Debate is raging in Germany over poverty in the country and the impact of the labour market reforms (Hartz IV) introduced under former chancellor Gerhard Schröder. In his first general policy...
23 March 2018
Great Britain: a return to higher real salaries?
On 21 March 2018, the UK’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) reported that salaries in the country rose an annual 2.6% in the quarter between November 2017 and January 2018. Against this...
22 March 2018
Japan: banks may launch their own recruitment service
In light of regulatory reforms within the banking sector as announced by the Financial Services Agency, the FSA, Japan’s banks will be able to provide their customers with recruitment support...
22 March 2018
Hungary: new worker profiles entering the manufacturing sector
Hungary’s manufacturing companies are currently having to cope with serious manpower management challenges. According to a recent survey, 88% of businesses are struggling to manage a manpower...
22 March 2018
News updates as of March 21, 2018
On the menu : Can blockchain technology help combat forced labor? , In Spain, Las Kellys, the female hotel cleaning staff group is seeking to be recognized as the sector's interlocutor, TIM...
21 March 2018
Our mind news
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.
1
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
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
Spain: approval of decree on employees’ right to clear information on working conditions
The Spanish government validated, on September 8 in the Council of Ministers, the decree transposing the European directive on transparent and predictable working conditions. This text requires...
9 September 2026
6
France: bioMérieux strengthens its end-of-career support measures
The news. In vitro diagnostic specialist bioMérieux (4,400 employees in France) and unions CFDT, CFE-CGC, and CGT signed a new agreement on June 18, 2026, dedicated to end-of-career...
10 September 2026