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United Kingdom: Superdrug and Savers take care of employees’ mental and financial well-being
Superdrug and Savers, the UK health and beauty retail chains owned by industry giant AS Watson Group, have announced a series of measures aimed at better supporting their employees amid the rising...
21 April 2023
France: Decathlon’s onboarding platform geared to optimising the integration of dual work-study participants
French sporting goods company Decathlon has called on the Heyteam onboarding platform to harmonise the integration of its work-study students, the number of whom has more than doubled in three...
20 April 2023
Germany: a bill centred on electronic recording of working time
On 19 April, the content of the long-awaited bill on compulsory time recording was leaked to the German media. Subject matter experts from the Federal Ministry of Labour have prepared a system...
20 April 2023
Germany: court ruling puts downward pressure on wages of works council employee representatives
A ruling on 10 January 2023 by Germany’s highest court, the Federal Court of Justice, means the career and salary evaluation practices that employers use for employees who have switched to the...
19 April 2023
Spain: Inditex committing to effective equality
Spanish multinational clothing and textile group Inditex, which owns the Zara enterprise, has negotiated its first equality plan with the trade unions. The plan includes a hundred or so measures...
18 April 2023
Anne Talagrand (Fujitsu France): “Japan’s inclusive culture for older workers is being infused in France”
With almost a third of its employees over the age of 55, Fujitsu France – 300 employees, 93% of whom are executives – is very much an exception, particularly in the IT sector. The average age of...
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17 April 2023
United Kingdom: Lloyds Banking Group aims to double number of people with disabilities in senior roles
British banking group Lloyds has a "disability target", which will be to reach 900 employees with disabilities in management roles by 2025, up from 450 at present. The move marks the first time...
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14 April 2023
Schneider Electric: a global pay equity framework to reduce gender inequality
Since 2015 the French multinational digital automation and energy management company has been implementing a global pay equity framework. The framework has been fully deployed for two years in all...
13 April 2023
Chile: 40-hour working week adopted
Over the next five years Chile’s working week will be gradually shortened from 45 (currently) to 40 hours. On 11 April, following unanimous Senate approval earlier on 21 March and in a rare show...
13 April 2023
Spain: entire city of Valencia tests the 4-day week for four consecutive weeks
In a municipal decision, the city of Valencia will see all businesses and public administrations close every Monday from 10 April until 07 May. The aim of this experiment is to test the impact of...
12 April 2023
Brooke Finlayson (Haleon): “Creating a new company was a unique opportunity to assemble a diverse Board”
With 45.5% female representation, healthcare company Haleon (24,000 employees) sits among the top ten of the U.K. FTSE 350 stock index’s most diversely represented corporate management boards. On...
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11 April 2023
Ireland: establishment of the universal right to request remote work and the right to paid leave for victims of domestic violence
On 30 March the Irish Parliament passed the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill and the President will sign it into law. The text includes several provisions for parents and...
6 April 2023
Fabrice Staad and Paul Sauveplane (Alan): “We apply radical transparency within the company” (interview)
Digital health insurance company Alan is not only one of France’s stand-out scale-up businesses; it has developed a corporate culture that makes it pretty unique in the world of work. Chief...
5 April 2023
Italy: TIM seeking to promote gender parity through early retirement and recruitment measures
TIM, the Italian mobile, fixed telephony and internet services group (formerly Telecom Italia) has secured agreement with the trade unions in plans for a fresh series of voluntary early retirement...
4 April 2023
China: workplace discrimination against pregnant women on the rise
En Chine, les actes de discrimination à l’égard des femmes enceintes sur le lieu de travail demeurent fréquents. Cela fait d’ailleurs l’objet d’une campagne de sensibilisation par voie de presse...
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4 April 2023
EU: European Parliament votes in favour of the European pay transparency directive
On 30 March 2023 and at a time when the gender wage gap is still at 13% in the European Union, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour (427 in support and 79 against) of the...
30 March 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...
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
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
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United Kingdom: government urged to legislate against forced labour
After consulting victims, businesses and NGOs, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) has published a report showing that the UK is lagging behind in the fight against forced labour. The...
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EU: European Parliament calls for a directive on just transition
On 20 January, MEPs approved, with 420 votes in favour, an own-initiative report calling for a just transition directive. The text calls for the protection of workers to be guaranteed in the...
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20 January 2026