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Teleperformance: global agreement committing to trade union freedom eventually signed after years of conflict
On 01 December 2022 French digital business solutions group Teleperformance succumbed and signed a global agreement on social responsibility. The text, which mind RH has obtained, commits...
18 January 2023
EY launches tool for companies to diagnose their skill needs
The EY Skills Foundry, unveiled by the accounting giant on 29 November, aims to help companies identify their skill needs and address them, by providing tailored training propositions for the...
16 January 2023
EU: Commission looks at labour migration to address staff shortages
On 10 January, the European Commission convened a new body tasked with developing bloc-wide policy for labour migration at a time when demand for workers and skills is at an all-time high. At the...
13 January 2023
Germany: court ruling will make it easier to terminate older workers employment contracts
In early December 2022, Germany’s Federal Labour Court ruled that when assessing the social criteria for determining the order in which employment contract terminations are made, how close an...
12 January 2023
Great Britain: furious unions slam bill imposing minimum service levels during strike action
On 10 January 2023, the government began presenting its Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill to Parliament. The bill would impose minimum service levels during strikes in six public services...
12 January 2023
France: pension reform project to officially commence gradually raising the legal retirement age up to age 64 by 2030
On 10 January 2023, and following more than three difficult months of negotiations with the social partners, French PM E. Borne finally unveiled the main thrusts of the nation’s pension reform...
11 January 2023
Portugal: higher compensation levels approved for collective dismissal and termination of employment contract
The parliamentary committee in charge of reviewing changes to the labour code as part of the reform project on income and competitiveness has approved an increase in compensation for collective...
10 January 2023
United Kingdom: Santander lowers university grade requirement for graduate applicants
The UK business of Spanish banking giant Santander, which employs some 25,000 people in the country, has announced that it will no longer require applicants to its graduate scheme to have achieved...
9 January 2023
France: La Poste signs a new agreement on disability
La Poste, France's largest employer of people with disabilities, has signed a new agreement on the matter with six trade unions: CGT, CFDT, Sud-PTT, FO, CFE-CGC/CFTC and UNSA-Postes. The group...
6 January 2023
Germany: bill adopted to promote a more inclusive labour market
At the end of 2022, the German government adopted a bill that sets out to foster a more inclusive labour market. The objective is to bring more people with disabilities into the primary labour...
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6 January 2023
Italy: Eni strengthens its employee welfare scheme
The ‘Noi’ (Us) protocol signed by the multinational oil group and the trade unions puts new initiatives in place linked to employee well-being and health, parenthood and purchasing power support...
5 January 2023
France: Derichebourg Multiservices wants to use its new CFA to boost recruitment
The French group’s subsidiary specialising in technical expertise is going to create a company CFA in June 2023 to boost its chances of reaching its target of 5,000 new hires per year. Several...
4 January 2023
Great Britain: independent builders group IGBM staff receive discounts on energy saving insulation materials
UK building materials retailer IBMG (Independent Builders Merchants Group) is offering a staff discount on its insulating and draught-proofing materials to help employees save money on their...
3 January 2023
Italy: Intesa Sanpaolo officially launches the four-day working week
Despite a breakdown in negotiations with the trade unions, Italy's largest bank and largest private sector employer (74,000 employees) has decided to offer some of its employees the opportunity to...
3 January 2023
Italy: social measures in 2023 budget law
Adopted in extremis on 29 December, the first budget law put forward by Giorgia Meloni's government focuses the bulk of resources on measures to help businesses and families cope with high energy...
2 January 2023
Spain: industrial sector SMEs to receive support to reduce working time
The Spanish government has unveiled details of its pilot project encouraging companies to reduce their working hours or even adopt a four-day week. The plan, which will be powered with €10 million...
2 January 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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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations
The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...
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24 September 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026