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Spain: government announces measures to support businesses affected by floods
Companies whose business has been impacted by the floods that killed more than 200 people between 29 and 30 October in Valencia will be able to take advantage of exceptional short-time working and...
5 November 2024
Italy: UniCredit fosters staff retraining and generational renewal
A new plan to overhaul the Italian bank (32,381 employees), which has been approved by the unions, puts the emphasis on training: 600 employees will follow an innovative requalification programme...
30 October 2024
Germany: crisis at Volkswagen and warning strikes in metalworking industry
Germany's metalworking and automotive sectors are going through a difficult time, with a series of major developments occuring concurrently. We learned on Monday that the management at Volkwagen...
29 October 2024
Colombia: lower house approves major labour reform
The reform approved by the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia on 17 October is designed to give workers more rights, such as four weeks' paternity leave, days off for medical appointments and...
28 October 2024
Inditex global agreement extended to due diligence and digitalisation
On 10 October, Inditex renewed its global agreement with UNI Global Union, covering 165,000 employees in 215 countries, and extended it to cover the digitalisation of retail and vigilance over...
24 October 2024
Germany: bill presented to protect employees against AI and surveillance
On 16 October, Germany's labour and interior ministries set out the broad outline of a bill to protect employees' personal data in the context of artificial intelligence (AI) use in the workplace...
22 October 2024
Germany: four-day week experiment yields mixed results
On 18 October, the results of the study on the four-day week in Germany were presented by a team from the University of Münster. According to the data collected from the 41 companies involved...
21 October 2024
Italy: bill to make labour market ‘more flexible’ passes first reading in parliament
After a lengthy parliamentary process, Giorgia Meloni government's labour bill – originally conceived as an appendix to the 2023 budget – was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies on 9 October...
18 October 2024
United Kingdom: employers now required to prevent sexual harassment
The Worker Protection Act, passed by the UK parliament last year, comes into force on 26 October. To this end, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has updated its recommendations to...
14 October 2024
United Kingdom: bill unveiled to ‘upgrade’ workers’ rights
On 10 October, the new UK government unveiled its bill on workers' rights, which will aim to "boost pay and productivity". The bill contains 28 measures, including a ban on exploitative zero-hour...
11 October 2024
Italy: energy sector integrates new professions and steps up training
Recognising new professional profiles linked to renewable energy and digitalisation, boosting workers, employability and recruiting young people: these are the aims of two agreements signed in...
10 October 2024
Norway: 2025 employment budget focuses on growing the workforce
On 7 October, the Norwegian government presented a proposed budget designed to "encourage more people to work", including measures to make it easier for people with disabilities to return to work...
9 October 2024
Spain: regulations approved to guarantee equality for LGTBI people at work
On 8 October, the Spanish government passed the royal decree establishing a series of specific measures to guarantee equal treatment and non-discrimination for LGTBI people at work. The text...
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8 October 2024
Spain: voluntary and flexible sick leave allowances to be studied
The Spanish government is proposing a change to the sick leave system. It has put on the table the idea of an 'à la carte' return to work, which could be adapted to the patient by offering, if...
7 October 2024
India: labour ministry and Amazon strike agreement to promote employment
The US e-commerce giant and India's labour and employment ministry have signed an agreement to combat the mismatch between supply and demand in the field of employment. Amazon will now publish all...
4 October 2024
United Kingdom: Imperial London Hotels recruits older staff to adapt to customer needs
In the wake of the pandemic, Imperial London Hotels, like many other companies in the hotel sector, is facing a labour shortage. Its solution has been to rethink its recruitment process in order...
2 October 2024
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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.
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
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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Oliver Dietrich (IG Metall): “The advent of AI can be a means of deepening social partnership within companies”
In Germany, trade unions want to influence how AI is deployed in companies. Oliver Dietrich is an AI project manager at the regional office of the IG Metall trade union in North Rhine-Westphalia...
21 January 2026
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Germany: collective bargaining negotiations begin in chemical industry
Collective bargaining talks in Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industries are due to open this week, covering nearly 580,000 employees across around 1,700 companies. With the sector facing...
3 February 2026
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Italy: collective agreement for rubber and plastics sector focuses on new skills
A month ahead of schedule, the Federazione Gomma Plastica employers' organisation and the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec trade unions have renewed the collective agreement for the rubber and...
5 January 2026
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Italy: new generational renewal agreement penned at UniCredit
The agreement signed on 30 December by UniCredit, Italy’s second-largest banking group, with the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions aims to continue generational...
15 January 2026
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France: social partner talks extend far beyond contractual terminations
After a false start on 3 December, French social partners resumed talks on 7 January 2026 on potential changes to the unemployment insurance agreement, including the rules governing compensation...
12 January 2026
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EU: banking sector social partners commit to combating violence and harassment
On 15 January, the trade union federation UNI Europa Finance and three employers’ associations in the banking sector signed a joint statement on preventing violence and harassment in the...
16 January 2026