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India: the draft law on child labor fans the debate on family work
The Labor Minister recently affirmed that child labor rates had fallen by 64% over the last decade and that he was putting forward a proposal to eradicate it completely. Unions, NGOs, and Nobel...
25 April 2016
United States: in a bid to mollify Uber driver demands to convert to salaried employees, the company will pay up to $100 million and offer new guarantees against arbitrary driver deactivation
Non-taxi, on-demand chauffeurs in California and Massachusetts launched a class action calling for drivers to be reclassified as salaried employees. On 20 April, Uber announced it had come to an...
22 April 2016
Poland: the government has three months to transpose Directive 2014/67/EU on the posting of workers
For several years, posted workers, with Polish posted workers being one of the EU’s main ‘exports’, have been vigorously criticized in terms of the risks for social dumping by countries with...
22 April 2016
Japan: modest wage rises from the 2016 annual negotiations
Japan’s annual springtime ‘shunto’ wage negotiations between employers and union have resulted in salary increases for the third year in a row in the country’s large companies, but also in the...
22 April 2016
EU: budget line is published to fund joint actions with EWCs, especially as regards training
The European Commission has published its annual call for proposals on “information, consultation and participation of representatives of undertakings,” which may then be exploited to partially...
21 April 2016
France: confrontation and social transformation for a CGT that is repositioning contest at the heart of its action
Since 18 April, and at 120 years of age, the CGT union confederation held its 51st Congress in Marseille, France. Delegates voted for a call to strike on 28 April (and perhaps beyond) in protest...
21 April 2016
Switzerland: citizens get to decide on multinational human rights due diligence (in 2018 at the earliest)
The Popular Initiative for “Responsible Multinational Businesses” has received more than 140,000 signatures since it was launched a year ago. 100,000 signatures is the required threshold for a...
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21 April 2016
Spain: signature of a new national collective agreement for the banking sector
On 19 April, following fourteen months of meetings and difficult negotiations, an agreement was signed for a banking sector that is preparing itself for a new wave of restructuring. The four-year...
20 April 2016
Great Britain: McDonald’s will no longer require zero hour contract working
British workers at McDonald’s fast-food chain operating under zero-hours contracts that guarantee neither workers’ working hours nor their pay, will now be able to choose to move over to...
20 April 2016
India: unions call for nationwide strike protesting anti-labor policies and worker disaffection increases
Following a ‘National Protest Day’ on 10th March (c.f. article No. 9535), India’s 11 major trade unions have called for a second nationwide strike on 02 September, protesting what they call...
20 April 2016
Great Britain: companies are accused of not playing ball with the National Living Wage
Barely two weeks into the official implementation of the National Living Wage (NLW) that translates into a 7.5% rise in minimum pay, and British MPs are pointing the finger of ‘blame and shame’ at...
19 April 2016
Poland: pressure mounting over low pay for women
This is what is termed a policy side effect. On 01 April Poland’s non-means tested ‘500 Plus’ program was inaugurated, which pays 500 Zlotys (approx. €115) in child benefit per child per month to...
19 April 2016
Italy: trialing a progressive pension system
On 13 April, Italian Minister for Labor, Giuliano Poletti announced the signature of a decree allowing the application of a rule introduced in the 2016 Finance law that allows workers with less...
19 April 2016
News update as of 18 April 2016
United States/Volkswagen runs into difficulties with the United Auto Workers UAW union. In a decision handed down on 13 April, the National Labor Relations Board, in charge of supervising union...
18 April 2016
News update April 18, 2016
United States/Volkswagen runs into difficulties with the United Auto Workers UAW union. In a decision handed down on 13 April, the National Labor Relations Board, in charge of supervising union...
18 April 2016
EU: a new European campaign for occupational health and safety
Sustainable employment and healthy ageing were the two themes underlying the new European campaign for occupational health and safety, launched by the European Commission on 15 April and follows...
15 April 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