News
Trending topics
- CSRD
- Corporate sustainability due diligence
- Gender equality
- Artificial intelligence
- EWC agreements and recast directive
- Global Framework Agreements
- Older workers
- Skills
- Wages
- European Framework Agreement
- Remote work regulations
- hybrid work
- Gig workers and the regulation of platforms
- Managing the fallout of Covid-19
- Collective agreement
Japan: lukewarm 2014 wage negotiations
This year, in Japan, the stakes of the spring collective negotiations (Shunto) were vital for the Abe administration: the tax increase planned for April had to be combined with a wage increase. ...
20 March 2014
EU: Commission backs “Right2Water” European Citizens’ Initiative
The Commission gave a positive answer to the first initiative that received over 1 million signatures. Thus, today, March 20, it presented a series of measures and actions – in areas where it has...
20 March 2014
Great Britain: Cameron to rescue working parents
In the midst of an election race, the Cameron administration announced that working parents would get, starting in 2015, a £2,000 a year childcare tax break per child under 12. In a country where...
19 March 2014
Germany: IG-Metall and VW OTLG, a Volkswagen subsidiary, strike decisive collective agreement in auto crafts
Whereas the auto trade and repair business is suffering from a major erosion of the collective agreements system, the IG-Metall metalworkers’ union announced, on March 18, that it signed a very...
19 March 2014
EU: new budget line to fund joint actions with EWCs
The European Commission published, like it does every year, a call for proposals on “information, consultation and participation of representatives of undertakings,” which may notably be mobilized...
18 March 2014
Italy: Fabi, the major banking union, placed its convention under the sign of a new banking model
The convention of the Autonomous Federation of Italian Bank Workers (Fabi), which took place in Rome on March 10-14, revolved around a proposal for a new social banking system to solve the crisis...
18 March 2014
Spain: Iberia signs competitiveness agreements
The airline is getting ready to put an end to more than 16 months of social dispute, after signing a series of agreements in principle with unions representing different categories of staff in...
18 March 2014
Great Britain: apparently, the government has won its bet to limit employment disputes
New tribunal fees, limited compensation against unfair dismissals or even the introduction of conciliation to avoid complaints… since it came to power in 2010, the Cameron administration has been...
18 March 2014
Denmark: end of the 2014 sectoral collective bargaining round
Yesterday, March 17, Asbjørn Jensen, the conventional mediator (forligsmand), presented, together with the DA employers’ organization and LO union, the draft agreement (mæglingsforslag) for...
18 March 2014
Canada: new job grants for training involving businesses better
On March 11, Employment Minister Jason Kenney, and Shirley Bond, the Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills signed a job grant in British Columbia as part of the renewal of the Labor Market...
17 March 2014
Portugal: new individual layoff criteria adopted for the termination of a position
The Parliament adopted, on Friday, March 14, 5 new criteria chosen to justify an economic layoff (but not for mass layoffs) for the cancelation of the position. The order was defined as well: the...
17 March 2014
Great Britain: Families Act passed
Legislation - in the form of the Children and Families Act 2014, which will bring into force various changes to maternity, paternity and adoption rights, received Royal Assent on March 13. It...
17 March 2014
China: 50 percent of IBM Shenzhen workers leave the company rather than being transferred to Lenovo
More than half the workers decided to accept the American company’s offer to leave rather than going with Lenovo.
14 March 2014
EU: national regulation providing for shorter notice periods for fixed-term contracts than for permanent ones goes against Community law (ECJ)
In a verdict rendered on March 13, in a case involving Polish law, the European judges stated that national regulations providing for shorter notice periods for fixed-term contracts than for...
13 March 2014
Italy: draft social reforms of the Renzi administration
Yesterday, March 12, the Council of Ministers approved a decree-law containing emergency provisions to boost employment and make businesses’ obligations simpler, as well as a bill empowering the...
13 March 2014
EU: UNI Europa publishes brochure on EWCs as tools for transnational action
Throughout 2013, UNI Europa, the European trade union federation, carried out a project on EWCs in several sectors – finance, trade, cleaning services and graphics. There were two objectives...
13 March 2014
Our mind news
France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
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...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
Most viewed articles of the month on mind HR
What readers clicked on the most last month.
What readers clicked on the most last month.
1
AI: uneven integration but a global challenge for the world of work
The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in business is profoundly transforming the world of work, and some occupations are now under threat. However, the full extent of its effects remains...
11 September 2026
2
France: Ministry of Labour unveils plan to accelerate the rollout of AI
On 22 September, the French Ministry of Labour presented a plan named Impulsion IA 2027 aimed at accelerating the adoption of AI by companies and employees. It contains 12 measures applicable from...
22 September 2026
3
Germany: AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt raises concerns over labour supply and workplace cohesion
The rise of Germany’s far-right AfD, which could soon gain influence over migration policy in Saxony-Anhalt and, following elections on September 20, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as well, is...
15 September 2026
4
Netherlands: towards a ban on housing cost deductions from migrant workers’ wages
The news. On September 10, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Hans Vijlbrief (centre-left) sent a letter to the House of Representatives, stating that he intends to prohibit employers...
14 September 2026
5
Denmark: introduction of a professional ID card for construction site workers
The news. On 3 September, the Danish Parliament adopted a bill introducing a mandatory professional ID card for people working on large construction sites. The card will include, among other...
15 September 2026
6
UE: Commission proposes measures to facilitate “fair” worker mobility across the Union
The info. On 15 September, the European Commission adopted a series of measures aimed at encouraging “fair” worker mobility within the EU. It wants to remove the administrative...
16 September 2026