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Spain: menstrual leave allowance set to be introduced
In what marks a first in Europe, members of Spain's Congress of Deputies have adopted on first reading a bill that would offer menstrual leave to women who suffer from painful periods. Under the...
16 December 2022
Italy: Vodafone to launch reskilling programme as part of reorganisation
The Italian business of telecoms giant Vodafone has signed two agreements with trade unions that have several aims, chiefly to bolster the skills of staff in a sector undergoing constant change...
16 December 2022
Germany: Continental urged to communicate better with its employees over the theft of its data
After a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of 40 terabytes of data from the German automotive supplier Continental (54,000 German employees), it has taken four months and significant pressure...
15 December 2022
Italy: UniCredit ramps up its generational renewal measures and promotes employees’ purchasing power
Italy’s banking giant has just signed several agreements with the trade unions that include provisions for a new early retirement plan, with 850 voluntary departures fully matched by new hires. In...
15 December 2022
Spain: families bill will provide for new family leave periods
On 13 December, the Spanish government approved in first reading, a series of measures to facilitate work-life balance and co-responsibility within families. Included is the right to two new paid...
14 December 2022
Italy: transposition of the EU whistle-blower directive
On 09 December 2022, Italy’s Council of Ministers approved the decree-law transposing the European Directive 2019/1937 on the protection of whistle-blowers. The text will extend the scope of the...
14 December 2022
France: Air France joins forces with other companies to offer employees sustainable mobility options
As a founding member of two business associations dedicated to sustainable mobility in the area around the Paris region’s two main airports, Air France has implemented measures to facilitate the...
13 December 2022
United Kingdom: Zurich UK introduces paid leave for domestic abuse victims
The UK business of insurance group Zurich, which employs some 4,500 people in the country, has introduced a company policy to support employees who are victims of domestic abuse. The firm has...
12 December 2022
Fanny Barbier (Orpea HR head): “we are launching a three-year refoundation process”
In November 2022, Orpea presented a three-year restructuring plan, as the French private services provider (elderly, nursing, psychiatric, and ongoing health treatment), struggles to deal with the...
9 December 2022
Great Britain: PwC to save energy by closing offices over the end-of-year holidays
For the first time ever, UK headquartered consulting and audit giant PwC is set to close its buildings across the UK between 23 December and 03 January. A small number of its locations will remain...
8 December 2022
Great Britain: towards a right to flexible working from the moment of hire
On 05 December 2022, the UK government confirmed its commitment to the right to flexible working from day one of an employment contract. While the date on which this change will come into force...
7 December 2022
France: PwC raising employee awareness of the potential of emerging technologies
Thanks to the PwC Tech Lab, staff at the UK headquartered international consulting and auditing services firm can now try out the latest tech trends and their applications in order to understand...
6 December 2022
Ford rolls out “job sharing” application in Europe
Automobile giant Ford is offering its European employees the opportunity to find someone to share their job with – either internally or externally – by using a web-based matchmaking tool. The...
5 December 2022
Mexico: major purge of illegal collective agreements
Trade unions in Mexico have until 1 May 2023 to validate the 500,000 or so collective agreements signed before the 2019 labour reform. Otherwise, these so-called "employer protection" agreements...
5 December 2022
ZF Friedrichshafen provides training on electric mobility to thousands of employees with E-Cademy project
Amid a radical transformation process accompanying the shift from combustion engine cars to electric vehicles, German car parts manufacturer ZF Friedrichshafen launched the "largest internal...
2 December 2022
Germany: Berlin rolls out its new migration policy
Faced with a severe shortage of skilled labour, Germany is rolling out a massive programme to activate and seek skilled workers. In order to make up for its shortages, the country has to hire...
1 December 2022
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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