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France: Labor law reforms finally adopted
On 21 July, the government has secured adoption of the labor law that forms the first stage in the overhaul of the country’s labor code, the goal of which is to give more leeway to collective...
21 July 2016
Deutsche Post-DHL: concludes a protocol with global unions UNI and ITF to avoid new cases emerging of labor standards violations
On 19 July the ITF (transport workers), UNI (services) and DP-DHL agreed to a protocol, which commits them to continued dialogue on employment and industrial relations. “The parties will meet four...
21 July 2016
Czech Republic: roundup of auto sector collective negotiations
In a country with one of the lowest levels of pay in the EU, unions are attempting to secure wage rises from both foreign companies and their subcontractors.
21 July 2016
EU: draft revision of the Directive over posting of workers is maintained
The European Commission persisted and signed by deciding to maintain its proposal over social dumping that supports wage equality between local and posted workers. On Wednesday 20 July, it decided...
20 July 2016
Great Britain: Uber taken to employment court tribunal
Two UK drivers have taken chauffeur firm Uber to the employment tribunal arguing they should be considered as employees. This test case could have repercussions for the high profile US app and...
19 July 2016
Belgium: Labor Minister sends draft legislation on flexible working time to the social partners
On Friday 15 July Belgium’s Labor Minister Kris Peeters sent the social partners two pieces of draft legislation. The government wants employers and unions to discuss the texts on ‘feasible work’...
19 July 2016
Germany: an agreement on mobile working at Audi
On 12 July, leaders at Audi’s central works council presented a company agreement on ‘mobile working’. The agreement is set to apply to the automaker’s 60,000 staff from October 2016 and it draws...
19 July 2016
France: US investment fund Sun Capital ordered to compensate former Lee Cooper France staff for having lost their jobs
In a ruling on 28 June, the Appeal Court of Amiens ordered the US investment fund Sun Capital to compensate employees that were made redundant from Lee Cooper’s French subsidiary on the grounds of...
18 July 2016
Great Britain: firms welcome a return to an industrial strategy
For the first time since the Thatcher era, Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May has put the focus back on the need to put an industrial strategy in place. To this end the Prime Minister has...
18 July 2016
Denmark: tri-partite negotiations focus on apprenticeships
Denmark’s tri-partite negotiations have entered phase two. Since 15 April, and following the agreement struck on 17 March on integrating refugees into the labor market, all the parties have been...
15 July 2016
India: all female workers to be eligible for 26 weeks maternity leave
At the end of June a draft Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill was drawn up providing 26 weeks of maternity leave to all female workers in both the public and private sectors. The bill is expected...
15 July 2016
EU: Commission considers directives to improve work-life balance
On 12 July, the European Commission launched the second phase of its consultation with social European social partners regarding work-life balance. Under the EU Treaty, the Commission must consult...
13 July 2016
EU: ECJ advocate general Sharpston invites the court to adopt a very narrow position over banning the wearing of an Islamic headscarf
On 13 July, in the conclusions delivered concerning a French case, the Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston invited the ECJ to rule that the ban by an employer on its employee from wearing an...
13 July 2016
Germany: banking sector 3.7% pay rise over 33 months
Presented in the evening of 12 July, the wage agreement that applies to some 200,000 banking sector employees (public and private banks) is doubtlessly the least generous of the major wage...
13 July 2016
Great Britain: women continue to stake their claim in finance
Seventy-two major British firm have officially signed up to the government’s new Women in Finance charter which in particular links leaders’ pay to the appointment of senior women.
13 July 2016
Poland: developments in the area of labor law
In June, draft bills on posted working and formalizing employment contracts were finally adopted and several more legislative and regulatory projects are in the process of being prepared in the...
13 July 2016
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France: Crédit Agricole to tighten remote work rules
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
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2026 TRENDS – Pay transparency becomes a reality for European companies
mind RH is taking a look at the trends that will shape 2026. Many countries remain behind schedule in transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, leaving companies in a state of uncertainty as...
27 January 2026
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TRENDS IN 2026 — Reducing workplace absence at all costs: a major challenge for Europe
Workplace absence is on the rise across Europe, particularly among women, older employees and, since the Covid-19 pandemic, young people under the age of 30. Faced with this growing problem, some...
14 January 2026
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Vincent Lecerf (Orange): “Equality and diversity are competitive advantages for us”
Following the signing of a new agreement on professional equality and diversity in December, the chief HR officer of French multinational telecommunications corporation Orange Group, Vincent...
13 January 2026
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2026 TRENDS — Social dialogue, a major challenge in the deployment of AI in companies
mind RH is analysing the trends that will shape 2026. Artificial intelligence is emerging as a force that goes far beyond efficiency gains and productivity improvements. It is reshaping tasks...
4 February 2026
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France: transposition of the pay transparency directive takes shape
The transposition of the European directive on pay transparency into French law is entering a decisive phase. The Minister of Labour, Jean-Pierre Farandou, wants to present the bill to Parliament...
21 January 2026