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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
Denmark: new law to facilitate recruitment of foreign workers
On 23 March 2023 Denmark’s Parliament adopted several amendments to the Aliens Act so that companies can more easily recruit workers from outside the European Union and the European Economic Area...
30 March 2023
United Kingdom: Channel 4 launches menstrual health policy
Channel 4, the UK public broadcast television service, has launched a company policy aimed at helping its female employees manage symptoms related to their periods at work, by offering greater...
27 March 2023
Italy: dismissal for homophobic insults to a colleague justified (judgment)
An employee who publicly insults a colleague using homophobic language is liable to dismissal for disciplinary reasons, Italy's highest court has ruled. In a judgment handed down on 9 March, the...
24 March 2023
Uruguay: national trade union confederation calls for a one-day strike to protest against the pension reform plan
On 23 March and just as in France, Uruguay is undergoing a full day of union action to protest against a plan to raise the legal retirement age. If the text is adopted, the retirement age will...
23 March 2023
France: the senior index and the end-of-career contract ratified with the pension reform
Draft legislation rectifying the 2023 social security financing has been definitively adopted. This text sets the legal retirement age at 64, while still maintaining the possibility of early...
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21 March 2023
Christian Ruckriegel (Allianz): “Our Equal Pay project is an important part of a broader commitment to gender equality”
How do you ensure male and female employees enjoy equal pay when you are a multinational company operating in more than 70 countries with different customs and traditions? This is the challenge...
20 March 2023
France: harnessing the technological tools of marketing to address candidate shortages
Programmatic HR, which helps optimise online recruitment, through automation as well as the use of advertising data, is becoming increasingly popular with companies. For a few years now, several...
17 March 2023
Italy: new collective agreement in rubber-plastic sector sharpens focus on gender equality
A new collective agreement has been signed in Italy's rubber and plastic sector, covering around 150,000 workers at more than 5,000 companies, including multinationals such as Pirelli, Michelin...
17 March 2023
Italy: Stellantis Group collective agreement renewed
This company agreement between the Stellantis Group (2021 PSA-FCA merger) and the main Italian trade unions provides for a salary increase of more than 11% over 2 years and stronger social...
16 March 2023
Spain: an independent authority for the protection of whistle-blowers
Spanish legislation transposing the European directive on whistle-blowers is providing for the creation of an independent external whistleblowing channel, alongside penalties of up to € 1 million...
15 March 2023
United Kingdom: Parker Review aims to increase diversity in senior management roles
The Parker Review is looking to build on the positive results achieved in the area of ethnic diversity and now wants all companies in the FTSE 350 index, which combines the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250...
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14 March 2023
Iceland: new measures to attract foreign workers
On 08 March, Iceland’s government announced several changes to the country’s residency and employment regulations. The stated goal is to attract workers from outside the European Economic Area...
13 March 2023
France: Generali launches action plans to boost female representation across its distribution network and STEM professions
After striving to narrow the gender pay gap, which has resulted in the French arm of the Italian insurance group scoring 94/100 on the gender parity professional index, Generali is now seeking to...
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10 March 2023
Spain: a bill for effective gender parity in companies
The Spanish government is looking to move towards effective gender balance in corporate decision making bodies, with at least 40% female representation on the boards of directors and in senior...
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9 March 2023
France: PwC using ‘Seed’ to encourage female promotion to management positions
In dealing with the reality of female underrepresentation, PwC France et Maghreb, the French division of the UK headquartered international professional services firm, has since 2018, been...
8 March 2023
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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
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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall
The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...
1 October 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026