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Germany: Minister for Labor, Andrea Nahles, wants to establish “chosen working time” for all, in the medium term
Almost one year after the starting gun was fired in April 2015 for a ‘national dialogue’ over the future of the world of work in the digital age, Andrea Nahles, Federal Minister for Social Affairs...
16 March 2016
Italy: an initial ruling calls into question the obligation to work on public holidays as written into employment contracts
The Rovereto labor tribunal (Trento) cancelled disciplinary sanctions for cashiers who had refused to work on public holidays, in spite of their employment contracts including the obligation to do...
16 March 2016
United States: Silicon Valley bus drivers unionize in order to reap benefits from the new economy
Belonging to a union as a way to ensure that everyone gains from the new economy. Thus is the message from the Silicon Valley Rising movement, which, as is characteristic of the American...
16 March 2016
Great Britain: trade unions adjust their organization strategies in the face of challenging circumstances
With each under new leadership, three unions are currently undertaking organisational redesign programmes in an effort to re-imagine their role and stave off further decline and by increasing...
16 March 2016
Danone signs a global framework agreement on sustainable employment
On 15 March the giant food-products company together with the sector’s international union federation, the IUF, International Union of Food and Allied workers, announced the signing of a tenth...
15 March 2016
Germany: significant social conflict looms for Volkswagen, already beleaguered by the ‘Dieselgate’ affair
Already caught up in a massive scandal over tampered diesel engines, Germany’s automobile group Volkswagen risks having to deal with considerable social conflict. IG Metall has announced that...
15 March 2016
France: following recent mobilization, the government reviews its draft labor law reform
On Monday 14 March the Prime Minister unveiled a corrected version of the draft labor reform law that incorporates three major changes. Ceilings applied to compensation amounts awarded by the...
14 March 2016
Spain: UGT’s new leader announces a union that is more transparent and more open to civil society
Josep Maria Alvarez was elected secretary general of the union confederation following a tight vote during the union’s 42nd congress. The Catalan is taking over at a difficult time for the union...
14 March 2016
New Zealand: controversy over zero hour contracts eliminated
Zero hours contracts guarantee neither the number of working hours nor the minimum pay and with the adoption of an historic law unanimously voted in by New Zealand's Parliament they have been now...
14 March 2016
United States: the IAM machinists union renews its unionization campaign in Boeing’s South Carolina factories
Boeing’s machinists union, the International Association of Machinists (IAM) is renewing attempts to gain a presence in its North Charleston site in South Carolina. The IAM’s campaign halted in...
14 March 2016
Italy: Unicredit signs a first of its kind collective agreement over surplus executive employees
On 08 March Unicredit together with the unions signed an agreement on managing ‘surplus’ executive staff. This is the first of its kind agreement in the sector addressing executive staff...
11 March 2016
Argentina: moderate wage agreement for retailers sets the tone for other sectors
Argentina’s annual salary negotiations have started with the first agreement being concluded without a hitch. On 03 March, the retailers union the country’s largest in terms of membership (1.2...
11 March 2016
France: at least 250,000 in the streets protesting the labor law reform bill
On 09 March 2016, several hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of 130 towns and cities throughout France demanding that the labor law reform bill be withdrawn. The...
10 March 2016
Great Britain: trade unions becoming more politically active and establishing specific political funds
The Society of Radiographers has joined the ranks of those unions with a political fund to allow it engage in political campaigning. Members of the Society voted by 93% (with a 24% turnout of its...
10 March 2016
Germany: work travel distances have greatly increased (DGB Study)
In February, the German Confederation of Trade Unions published a key study on German worker mobility using data supplied by the Federal Statistics Agency, the main result of which is that...
10 March 2016
Italy: the CGIL is to present a citizen’s initiative draft law that ‘reunifies’ labor rights
The CGIL union has established a committee tasked with collecting signatures in support of a citizen’s initiative draft law that completely rewrites Italy’s Labor Code and that sees itself as an...
9 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.
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