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The government is in the process of providing more details over legislation introduced in 2021 that progressively requires large Irish business organisations to publish their gender pay gaps. On...

24 May 2022

Finland: parental leave reform to promote gender equality

Finland's new parental leave system, which comes into effect on 01 August 2022, aims to improve parents’ work-life balance, strengthen the role of fathers, and take various family configurations...

24 May 2022

Japan: government pushes for greater pay transparency to combat gender inequality

Since Friday 20 May, the upcoming requirement for large companies to disclose their pay gaps has become the centrepiece of the "new capitalism" agenda advocated by Japanese prime minister Fumio...

23 May 2022

United Kingdom: Mamas & Papas introduces IVF leave and extends parental leave allowance

UK retailer Mamas & Papas, which specialises in childcare products, last week unveiled a new support policy for its 800 employees, with measures dedicated specifically to parenthood. The aim...

23 May 2022

France: “We completely revamped our offices based on the use cases we identified,” Talan HR director Nicolas Recapet (interview)

Amid the rise of remote work, Paris-based IT innovation and transformation consulting group Talan is to relocate to new offices that are more suited to collaborative work and meeting the group's...

23 May 2022

Customer relations firm Critizr provides employees with menstrual and miscarriage leave

French customer relations company Critizr has decided to grant a specific leave period to females based in five different countries who have undergone a miscarriage. Employees whose partners have...

19 May 2022

Germany: SAP pilots ‘Focus Friday’, to encourage a meeting-free end to the week

Following a number of trials, the German and European leading multinational software corporation has decided to extend the "Focus Friday" principle of to all its German employees. Starting on 20...

18 May 2022

United States: Goldman Sachs giving executives unlimited vacation time

In an internal memo dated 22 April, investment bank Goldman Sachs announced it was implementing a new ‘flexible vacation’ scheme for its partners and managing directors, who will be free to ‘take...

17 May 2022

France: Legrand providing up to three telework days per week to older workers, caregiver workers & workers with disabilities

French industrial group Legrand (5,000 employees in France), which is global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures signed a telework agreement that came into force in April...

17 May 2022

Great Britain: Tesco Supermarket tests flexible office rental in its retail spaces

Office space and desks just behind the hair care or the cereals aisles? This is a new idea that Tesco is testing in May in one of its London supermarkets as it partners with the office management...

17 May 2022

Spain: plans to introduce leave allowance for menstrual pain prove contentious

The Spanish government is set to approve three days of leave per month for women suffering from painful periods, covered by social security. This unprecedented measure is part of a much broader...

16 May 2022

United Kingdom: Deliveroo and GMB union strike unprecedented deal

Online food delivery group Deliveroo and the British trade union GMB have announced the signing of a "Voluntary Partnership Agreement". The agreement signed on 12 May will, for the first time...

13 May 2022

Japan: adoption of four-day week progresses slowly

While some large companies in Japan have announced plans to transition to a four-day week, in accordance with the government's recommendations, this new model for work organisation is struggling...

13 May 2022

France: platform workers called upon for the first time to choose their representatives

Between 09 and 16 May, and under the aegis of the new Agency for Social Relations of Employment Platforms (ARPE), 120,000 digital platform workers are being invited to elect their own...

10 May 2022

Orpea: CGT and CFDT unions demand cancellation of global agreement on ethical employment and union rights

The CGT and CFDT, respectively the second and third largest representative unions at Orpea in France, are asking UNI global union to reverse the global agreement signed in April with the nursing...

9 May 2022

United States: several big firms prepare to defend right to abortion

Prompted by the question marks currently surrounding abortion rights in the United States, several companies – including Levi Strauss, Airbnb and Tesla – have opted to take action to safeguard...

9 May 2022

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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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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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