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France: La Poste prepares for the launch of its data and AI school
La Poste Group is getting ready to open the doors of a data and AI school that as of January 2023 will welcome dual work-study students and postal workers looking to change jobs. The dual...
8 September 2022
France: ADP leverages employees’ strengths and desires to bolster their commitment
ADP, the payroll services and HR solutions provider, has been applying the so-called "StandOut" method across its operations (58,000 employees in 140 countries, including 2,100 in France) since...
7 September 2022
Great Britain: NatWest Group breaking the menopause taboo
Since 23 August the UK banking group has made Peppy Health (an online women’s health application) available free of charge to its employees and their partners in a bid to support all those...
6 September 2022
Italy: luxury group Valentino signs its first company agreement
Celebrated by the sector’s trade unions that view it as an important step in the development of industrial relations in the fashion industry, the first company agreement signed at Valentino...
6 September 2022
China: combatting discrimination against those who have contracted and recovered from Covid affirmed as an official priority
On 29 July, China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the National Health Commission issued an ‘urgent’ directive aimed at ‘resolutely’ combating employment discrimination...
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5 September 2022
Italy: fresh restructuring at TIM (ex-Telecom Italia)
Faced with having to keep a lid on costs at a time when the sector is undergoing fierce competition and traditional business activities are in decline, TIM ( French mass media company Vivendi is...
5 September 2022
France: metaverse becoming less virtual and more reality for HR professionals
The metaverse, a digital universe in 2D or virtual reality, usable with a simple screen or an adapted headset, is being harnessed by a growing number of companies. It offers HR professionals vast...
2 September 2022
“#ShakeiTake has helped dismantle the elitist and very top-down element of identifying future leaders,” Vincent Ruf, Head of talent experience at Engie (interview)
In 2022 as a way of enhancing its talent identification and development ‘Engie Boost’ program, the French multinational utility company implemented a new way to identify its future leaders...
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1 September 2022
Italy: the ‘Aiuti Bis’(additional aid) decree law grants employees more support
On 04 August Italy’s Council of Ministers adopted a decree-law that provides for a further reduction in salary-related social security contributions and extends the tax exemption for goods and...
1 September 2022
Great Britain: PwC lowers degree class requirements to broaden recruitment pool
On 14 August, professional services and consulting giant, PricewaterhouseCoopers announced that a ‘2:1 degree’, i.e. an upper second class honours bachelor's degree, is no longer to be a minimum...
31 August 2022
Chile: government gives more details of the bill and project to secure a 40-hour working week
On 23 August 2022, Chile’s government specified the implementation details for draft legislation that seeks to reduce weekly working hours from 45 to 40. This reduction in working hours, which...
31 August 2022
France: La Poste doubles budget for closing wage gap in workplace equality effort
French postal service company La Poste and five trade unions have signed the firm's fifth agreement on gender equality in the workplace. The agreement, signed on 21 July 2022 and binding for a...
30 August 2022
Italy: transposition of EU directive on transparent working conditions places burden on employers
The decree law transposing European Union Directive 2019/1152, which was published in Italy's official gazette on 29 July and came into force on 13 August, requires Italian companies to make...
30 August 2022
Electrical manufacturer Socomec focuses on online games to engage its employees during its year-long centenary celebrations
In marking its centenary celebrations, the appliances, electrical, and electronics equipment manufacturer has turned to French start-up OuiLive to get Socomec’s 4,000 employees fully involved and...
29 August 2022
Italy: Gucci intends to combine competitiveness and employee well-being
On 22 July, Gucci Italia (Kering Group) and the Filcams-Cgil, Fisascat-Cisl and UIltucs trade unions signed a new agreement that focuses on employee well-being, work-life balance and training. The...
29 August 2022
Italy: the new collective agreement for the energy-oil sector innovates in terms of individual assessment
On 21 July, the energy-oil social partners renewed the sector’s national collective agreement that runs retroactively from 01 January 2022 until 31 December 2024 and covers more than 40,000...
27 July 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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France: CDC Habitat defines a framework and means for social dialogue on AI
In an agreement signed on 23 February with trade unions, the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et consignations) Habitat (10,800 employees) guarantees that AI solutions will only...
23 February 2026
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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
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Catherine Chavanier (CDC Habitat): “Social dialogue on AI facilitates its deployment”
In February, CDC Habitat (10,500 employees) signed a two-year framework agreement governing social dialogue on AI. Catherine Chavanier, HR Director of the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et...
20 March 2026
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United Kingdom: launch of consultation on protection against detriment for industrial action
The British government launched a public consultation on 26 February regarding new protections for workers against "detriment" related to industrial action, scheduled to take effect in October...
12 March 2026
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France: bioMérieux’s new disability agreement pivots towards mental health
The news. On 6 January 2026, bioMérieux—an in vitro diagnostics specialist employing 4,400 people in France—signed a new four-year agreement “relating to the employment...
4 March 2026
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Germany: controversial collective bargaining compliance act adopted
On 26 February, the Bundestag approved the Tariftreuegesetz (collective bargaining compliance act), aimed at strengthening collective agreements and tackling social dumping by tying certain public...
26 February 2026