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EU: a Union of Skills to combat the shortage
On 5 March, the European Commission presented a communication setting out a series of actions to boost European competitiveness through investment in training. The text sets new quantified targets...
5 March 2025
Luxembourg: reform of collective bargaining still pending
The Luxembourg labour minister met with the social partners on 4 March at the meeting of the Standing Committee on Labour and Employment (CPTE). However, the reform of collective bargaining...
5 March 2025
Austria: new government plans labour market adjustments
Austria's new coalition government took office on 3 March, after five months of negotiations. The coalition is made up of the country's conservative (ÖVP), social democratic (SPÖ) and liberal...
4 March 2025
EU: ETUC calls on judges to confirm validity of minimum wage directive
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has published a counter-opinion to the conclusions of the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union, presented on 14 January...
3 March 2025
EU: Commission proposes major watering down of corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives
The European Commission has finally presented the proposed omnibus directive. It removes 80% of the companies concerned from the corporate sustainability reporting directive's (CSRD) non-financial...
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26 February 2025
United States: Trump administration redirects National Labor Relations Board policy
On 14 February, acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) William Cowen rescinded a dozen circulars issued under Democrat President Joe Biden, on the grounds of reducing...
26 February 2025
Germany: BAFA sets out instructions for supply chain due diligence law
While a complaint was filed at the end of February by a group of Thai workers against Otto, the German retail giant, the Federal Office of Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) has just...
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25 February 2025
Germany: social partners autonomy bolstered vis-à-vis the labour courts (ruling)
In a landmark decision published on 19 February, the German Federal Constitutional Court (BVG) confirmed the annulment of two judgements handed down by the Federal Labour Court (BAG), dating from...
24 February 2025
France: Essilor International facilitates transition to retirement
The optics specialist and the CFDT, CFE-CGC, CGT and FO trade unions signed an agreement on 1 January 2024 for an indefinite period on end-of-career arrangements and the transition from work to...
24 February 2025
Spain: government to lay foundations for future law on democracy in companies
On 20 February, the Spanish labour minister opened the proceedings of a committee of international experts, invited to assess the quality of democracy in companies and to make proposals to develop...
21 February 2025
Italy: electricity sector makes AI a new topic of social dialogue
On 11 February, the employers' organisations Elettricità Futura and Utilitalia, the major companies in the sector including Enel and Terna, and the trade unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl and Uiltec...
21 February 2025
EU: Spain and Denmark against extensive unpicking of corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives
With the omnibus directive to simplify the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives (CSRD and CSDDD) expected on 26 February, though this could be postponed, member...
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18 February 2025
Chile: employers will have to contribute to employee pensions
At the end of January, Chile approved a pension reform introducing a major change: employers must now contribute 8.5% of their employees’ salaries to the pension scheme. The new law also provides...
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17 February 2025
France: Emeis (formerly Orpea) launches ‘solidarity solutions’ programme for employees
France's second largest retirement home operator (28,000 employees) will soon become a mission-driven company. To embody its desire to assert itself as a "company with an extended social mission...
14 February 2025
Germany: uncertainty over future of supply chain due diligence act
Under fire from critics for several months, the German supply chain due diligence act (LkSG), passed in 2021, is in the crosshairs of political parties amid the election campaign. Employer...
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13 February 2025
EU: Commission provides details on implementation of AI Act
On 4 February, the European Commission published guidelines on the practices prohibited by the European regulation on artificial intelligence. Although not binding, they provide guidance on their...
13 February 2025
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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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall
The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...
1 October 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026