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Germany: reassessing individual bonus payments
Germany’s businesses regularly discuss the issue of individual bonus payments and performance related bonuses that make up the variable part of employee remuneration. At Bosch, Deutsche Bahn, and...
2 February 2017
India: an original approach to digital transformation
During some valuable time spent in India, a member of the Planet Labor team found it impossible to resist the opportunity to study and share how the country is progressing along its digital...
1 February 2017
United States: President Trump’s anti-immigration order rattling companies across all sectors
Widespread opposition to President Donald Trump’s 27 January immigration executive order has been sparked both internationally and across all sectors including from the likes of Nike, Starbucks...
1 February 2017
Portugal: launch of a digital economy development plan for business – ‘Revolution 4.0’
Portugal has announced a four–year €4.5 billion investment plan to develop ‘intelligent’ industry and promote companies’ technology growth. The so-called ‘Revolution 4.0’ program will span both...
1 February 2017
Austria: a new plan to promote jobs and prepare for the minimum wage
On 30 January and following several weeks of conflict, Austria’s Socialist (SPÖ) Conservative (ÖVP) ruling coalition government succeeded in presenting a program that will take it up to the autumn...
31 January 2017
Italy: Vodafone engages directly with employees to establish inclusion and diversity agenda
The Italian branch of the telephone service provider, which employs around 6,500 people of which 50% are female, launched an innovative initiative which saw it engage with employees to understand...
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31 January 2017
News updates as of 26 January 2016
On the menu : Portuguese parliamentary deputies reject lower employers’ contributions, starting salaries fall in the face of rising unemployment in Brazil, UK government called on to out an end to...
25 January 2017
Italy: draft agreements for renewing oil-energy and electricity sectors collective agreements
On 25 January, following more than a year of negotiations, the social partners in both the oil-energy and the electricity sectors secured draft agreements to renew their respective collective...
25 January 2017
Germany: for 2017 IG Metall is looking to consolidate the collective agreements system and promote an employee-oriented working time policy
On 25 January during the German IG Metall annual conference, the president of the metals and electrotechnical union Jörg Hofmann presented a profile of the union’s membership for 2016 whilst also...
25 January 2017
EU: the EU Commission finalizes its project for a European Pillar of Social Rights
With the public consultation process having been completed in December 2016, the EU Commission can now finalize its White Paper for a European Pillar of Social Rights due to be published in March...
24 January 2017
Great Britain: Brexit consequence – banks relocating from the City
Since the UK’s announcement that it would be leaving the EU Single Market, London’s banking community has increasingly made plans to relocate its City of London staff. Bosses from leading...
24 January 2017
Great Britain: Theresa May’s industrial plan underlines shift to more state intervention
Firmly focused on preparing for the post-Brexit era, on 23 January the UK government confirmed its intention to turn the Thatcher page and strengthen ties between the State and business. To this...
23 January 2017
Brazil: industries federation indicates that 152,500 industrial sector jobs were lost in 2016 in São Paulo
For the sixth year in a row, the São Paulo industrial basin, Latin America’s biggest has seen the number of jobs fall across the industry sector. On Thursday 19 January the Industry Federation for...
23 January 2017
United States: Philadelphia addresses gender wage gap
Philadelphia State’s capital, Philadelphia will soon be one of the first US cities to make it illegal for employers to ask job applicants about their wage history. The aim is to tackle the gender...
23 January 2017
Argentina: government, companies and unions strike deal to maintain jobs in southern oil field Vaca Muerta, an agreement hailed as an example to follow by President Macri
Following lengthy negotiations and a period marked by strike action as well as dismissals, the Argentinian government and the oil sector trade union announced an unprecedented deal regarding the...
20 January 2017
BNP Paribas: interview with Jean-François Bourrée, head of social policy and social affairs, on the European agreement to prevent work related stress
Jean-François Bourrée reviews the negotiations over as well as the content of the bank’s European agreement on the prevention of work-related stress that was signed on 10 January with the EWC...
20 January 2017
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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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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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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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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...
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Germany: ‘active retirement’ law adopted to encourage seniors to remain in the workforce
On 15 October, Germany’s cabinet approved draft legislation on ‘active retirement‘, which is expected to pass swiftly through Parliament. The bill would allow people who continue...
20 October 2025