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Argentina: agreement over wages in the automobile sector
With joint negotiations already in full swing in Argentina, in mid-March Smata, the automobile union (sindicato de mecanicos y afines del transporte), struck an agreement for the new April-June...
30 March 2016
Italy: the metals unions have called for a general strike in support of their demands that their national sector collective agreement be renewed
On 24 March, following a summit meeting between the metals sector employers’ bodies, Federmeccanica and Assistal, and the sector’s three main union bodies, Fim-Cisl, Fiom-CGIL, and Uilm-Uil, the...
25 March 2016
France: adoption of a draft law on labor market reform
Expected to provide a solution to record levels of unemployment, the latest major reform of François Hollande’s five year presidential term was rewritten following demonstrations by both unions...
24 March 2016
Germany: the Employment Minister wants to quickly create ‘jobs for a euro’ for asylum seekers as a way of getting them ‘jobs-market-ready’
On 23 March, Andrea Nahles, Germany’s Minister for Social Affairs and Labor announced that this year she wanted to create 100,000 ‘jobs for a euro’ for refugees whose asylum requests are being...
24 March 2016
France: the draft law on due diligence returns to the Senate following its adoption by the National Assembly
On 23 March France’s National Assembly adopted the draft law that looks to oblige France’s largest companies to take reasonable care in order to pre-empt human rights violations and environmental...
23 March 2016
United States: more transparency over companies’ recourse to “union hunters”
On 23 March, the Labor Department published the final version of the new rule on transparency as relates to companies hiring consultants and lawyers to assist in discouraging workers from...
23 March 2016
Great Britain: financial services to commit to making room for women
Several British banks have signed a Government charter in which they pledge for a better gender balance especially by placing more women in key roles. This represents a revolution in so far as the...
23 March 2016
Italy: moves to make vouchers used for casual labor more traceable
On 22 March, Giuliano Poletti, the Minister for Labor announced that the voucher system used for casual labor would become traceable. This is in a bid to counter misuse of the system, a fact that...
23 March 2016
EU: the 4th UNI Europa Conference was held under the heading ‘Changing Europe Together’
With the desire to ‘Change Europe’, thanks to stronger unions with increased negotiations influence, UNI Europa gathered its members together for a three-day conference, held in Rome from the 14th...
22 March 2016
Great-Britain : Brexit could cost Britain £100 billion and one million jobs (CBI)
Leaving the EU would cause a serious shock to the UK economy that could lead to 950,000 job losses and leave the average household £3,700 worse off by 2020, a report commissioned by the CBI...
21 March 2016
Denmark: parliament adopts a reform over social assistance
On 17 March the Danish parliament adopted a government draft law reforming the social services system in a bid to encourage those on benefits to reenter the jobs market. The main changes include a...
21 March 2016
Belgium: a Royal Decree is published authorizing night work in the e-commerce sector
The Royal Decree, published on 10 March, authorizing night time work in the e-commerce sector appeared in the Belgian Official Journal on 18 March. As part of its digital program, e-commerce is...
21 March 2016
Denmark: tripartite agreement over integrating refugees through work
One in two refugees in work. That’s the government’s goal in an agreement concluded on 17 March between the social partners over integrating refugees via employment. Key to the agreement is the...
18 March 2016
Spain: an agreement with Repsol to ensure respect for the working conditions in sub-contracting companies
Management at the oil group together with the union announced the signing of a cooperation protocol to guarantee respect for suppliers’ employees’ rights who carry out services at the...
17 March 2016
Great Britain : Government suffers important defeat on its Trade Union Bill in the House of Lords
The government suffered three important defeats to its Trade Union Bill in the House of Lords on the issues of balloting mechanisms, facility time and political funding. Under these amendments...
17 March 2016
EU: European social partners offer up three common messages to EU institution on the integration of refugees, industrial policy and the digitisation of the economy
In preparation for the customary tripartite social summit, which takes place on the eve of European summits, the European social partners — the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the Union...
17 March 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.
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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