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Great Britain: Lloyds Banking Group offering a four-day working week option
During the summer, the UK’s Lloyds Banking Group (60,000 employees globally) launched its new Flexibility Works policy, which will enable its UK employees to compress a five-day working week into...
30 August 2023
Italy: series of agreements signed by major agri-food companies ahead of national collective agreement renewal negotiations
With agri-food sector social partners commencing discussions for renewing the national collective agreement, many of the sector's major companies have spent the summer months signing individual...
30 August 2023
Italy: Mondelez focuses on parenthood and diversity
In July 2023, the Italian subsidiary of Chicago-based multinational confectionery, food, beverage and snack food company, Mondelez signed an agreement with the Fai-Cisl, Flai-Cgil and Uila trade...
29 August 2023
Germany: cabinet adopts bill aiming to integrate skilled foreign workers more quickly
On Wednesday 23 August, German cabinet adopted a bill to modernise and speed up the process for acquiring German nationality. The bill, which will now be examined by the Bundestag, follows on from...
28 August 2023
France: decrees implementing pension reform published
Several texts relating to the application of France's pension reform were published in the country's official journal on 11 August 2023, following consultation with the Conseil d'État, France's...
28 August 2023
United Kingdom: new flexible working bill adopted
Passed by the UK parliament on 14 July, the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act was promulgated during the summer. The law allows employees to submit two requests for flexible working to...
28 August 2023
Great Britain: court rules against using temporary workers to limit the impact of strike action
Starting 10 August, UK employers can no longer use temporary workers to fill in for when their own staff members are on strike. A UK High Court has ruled as ‘illegal’ the UK Government’s temporary...
19 July 2023
Jérémy Lamri (Tomorrow Theory): “There isn’t a single HR topic that won’t be impacted by generative AI” (interview)
With ChatGPT’s popularity continuing to grow since its launch in November 2022, Jérémy Lamri, co-author of ‘Travailler à l'ère des AI génératives’* (Editions EMS), explains to mind RH about how...
18 July 2023
Brazil: delivery platform iFood sanctioned by the courts for anti-union practices
Following revelations in the press that communications agencies working on behalf of the delivery platform iFood were spying on striking delivery workers, the courts in Brazil have imposed a...
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17 July 2023
United States: is 100% remote work nearing an end?
Having been innovators in this arena, a growing number of US companies appear to be backtracking on "full" remote work arrangements and are trying to get their workforces back into the office...
17 July 2023
Uniqlo, Inditex and Skechers targeted by new legal action over forced labour
With China’s Xinjiang province providing 20% of the world's cotton supplies, legal action has been launched for a second time in France against three major retailing businesses: Uniqlo, Inditex...
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13 July 2023
Great Britain: a bill to ban unwanted behaviour at work
On 11 July, and via the Ten-Minute Rule Bill procedure, Labour MP for York, Rachael Maskell tabled the Bullying and Respect at Work Bill. Several parties are backing this bill that aims to...
13 July 2023
International HR labels: how to choose the one that best suits your objectives
Highlighting a company’s HR and/or CSR policy, enhancing an employer’s brand and credibility with external stakeholders, displaying a company’s committment to continuous improvement in its social...
12 July 2023
Italy: banking sector employees approve trade unions’ platform of demands as sector collective agreement still awaits renewal
With the procedures for renewing the banking sector’s collective bargaining agreement running behind schedule, the sector’s social partners agreed to extend the previous agreement from its expiry...
11 July 2023
Eramet establishes global social dialogue body, unprecedented in the mining industry
On 5 July, French multinational mining and metallurgy company Eramet announced the creation of the Eramet Global Forum, a global social dialogue body designed to support the group's...
7 July 2023
Italy: final adoption of the Labour Law
Italy’s Parliament has converted the 01 May ‘Labour Decree’ into law. Amendments introduced during the parliamentary debate include in particular the refinancing of a number of measures designed...
6 July 2023
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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
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
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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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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
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France: ‘bonus-malus’ system central to talks over short-term contracts
French social partners opened talks on 28 January 2026 on the regulation of short-term contracts, marking the start of a negotiating process set to continue with three further meetings in March...
29 January 2026