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Great Britain: Uber drivers strike over pay
On 06 June roughly 1,000 drivers with the high profile private hire transport company, Uber, stepped on the brakes for a 24 hour work stoppage in Birmingham in protest at reductions in passenger...
7 June 2016
EU: interview with Claire Toumieux and Emmanuelle Bartoli, partner and senior associate respectively at the international law firm Allen & Overy with expertise in the HR impacts of new European regulations on personal data protection
Together, Claire Toumieux who heads the Paris employment law department, and Emmanuelle Bartoli who specializes in personal data protection matters provide some perspective, in terms of HR...
6 June 2016
Spain: auto sector’s competitiveness agreements starting to yield results
Spain’s unions are thrilled. Against a backdrop of a slow improvement in the country’s labor market, albeit still with more than 20% unemployment, the auto sector continues to make good progress...
6 June 2016
Sweden: a collective agreement making the temporary employment sector more attractive
Collective negotiations that came to a close in Sweden on 18 May confirmed the increasing importance of the temporary employment sector, especially given the undercurrent of unemployment in the...
6 June 2016
Italy: sector collective bargaining mechanisms are defunct
Sector collective negotiations, which have governed Italy’s union-employer relations for over twenty years, would appear to have hit a roadblock. In the metals sector, deadlocked discussions over...
3 June 2016
EU: the European Commission invites the Member States to assess the adequacy of their national employment rules in light of labor patterns in the collaborative economy
How best to react? On the one hand the collaborative economy presents ‘considerable potential for competitiveness and growth’ not forgetting jobs. On the other hand, this economy raises several...
3 June 2016
France: a majority agreement for renewing social dialogue is signed at Solvay
An imperative for harmonizing social dialogue following Solvay’s purchase of Rhodia, the majority agreement signed on 31 May between management at the chemicals group and the union bodies CFDT and...
2 June 2016
Germany: the social partners together with the government recommend setting up ‘business laboratories’ to test mobile working
On 31 May the working group on ‘a digital working world’, chaired by Andréa Nahles, the Minister for Employment and Social Affairs and Jörg Hoffmann, the president of the IG Metall union, and...
2 June 2016
Germany: chemicals and energy sector negotiations get started
Following the recent conclusion of agreements in the metals and construction sectors it is now the turn of the important chemicals and energy sectors to renegotiate their sector agreements. At the...
1 June 2016
A study on management perspectives on European Works Councils
What do business leaders think of European Works Councils (EWCs)? What value-added do these bodies bring? Are EWCS cost-efficient? These were the questions to which researchers at the Belgian...
1 June 2016
EU: advocate general Kokott delivered the opinion that banning the wearing of an Islamic headscarf at work can be justified on the basis of a company’s policy of neutrality
Advocate general Kokott delivered an opinion on 31 May inviting the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to rule that banning the wearing of the headscarf in the workplace can be...
31 May 2016
Switzerland: On 05 June, Swiss citizens will decide whether or not to establish an ‘Unconditional Basic Income’
On Sunday 05 June 2016, Switzerland’s citizens will vote on an issue raised by the BIEN-CH association (Basic income Earth Network) to approve or not the introduction of an unconditional basic...
30 May 2016
United States: the end of unprecedented strike action at Verizon
Forty–four days of strike action at the US East-Coast telecommunications giant Verizon are set to come to a close following a guarantee to create 1,500 well paid US based jobs.
30 May 2016
France: rising protest levels against labor law reform reach a new level
The eighth day of demonstrations on Thursday 26 May calling for the withdrawal of the draft Labor Code reform drew between 153,000 (police data) and 300,000 (union data) participants. Protest at...
27 May 2016
Germany: the Federal Labor Tribunal allows certain supplementary pay elements to be taken into account in the minimum wage
On 25 May 2016, the Federal Labor Tribunal rejected a plea that a Christmas bonus and a holiday bonus, both of which had been scheduled for payment before the minimum wage had been made mandatory...
27 May 2016
Great Britain: the Government considering ways to change the steel industry’s pensions in a bid to save Tata Steel
No purchaser of Tata’s British interests is willing to take on the financial consequences of the employees’ pensions liabilities. Legally dissociating Tata Steel from the British Steel Pension...
27 May 2016
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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...
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Germany: government seeks to facilitate immigration of skilled Indian workers
During a visit to India earlier this week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz addressed the strategic importance of attracting Indian workers to Germany, signing a series of cooperation agreements...
15 January 2026
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2026 TRENDS — Tackling skills shortages and mismatches
mind HR is analysing the trends that will shape 2026. Skills shortages have become a central challenge for businesses, reflecting deep-seated shifts in the labour market as roles evolve rapidly...
10 February 2026
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France: Medef publishes guide to support career transitions and retraining
France's largest employer federation Medef has provided its regional representatives with a practical guide designed to support career transitions and retraining. Structured around three key tools...
6 February 2026
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EU: Commission wants to facilitate entry of international ‘talent’
In a recommendation published on 29 January, the European Commission calls on member states to take a series of measures to attract and retain international talent. It targets holders of skilled...
6 February 2026
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France: 2026 budget expected to maintain employer contribution relief
On 19 January 2026, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu decided to invoke Article 49.3 of the Constitution to pass France's 2026 budget without a vote in the National Assembly. Three days...
20 January 2026
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EU: Cyprus unveils its six-month presidency programme
Cyprus has set out its priorities for its six-month presidency of the Council of the EU. On the social front, the centre-right government will focus on the Union of Skills, which aims to boost...
23 January 2026