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France: Orange offers employees in mid-career a break to gain new experience
The French telecoms operator is experimenting with a new scheme allowing employees who have spent 10 years working with the group, and if they so wish, to take a break from their jobs to pursue...
1 March 2022
Germany: works council elections get underway
On 01 March elections for employee representatives on works councils, a pillar of German co-determination, began in more than 28,000 companies across the Rhine. The umbrella German Trade Union...
1 March 2022
China: step taken towards a national pension system
With effect from 1 January 2022, the balancing of pension funds for private sector employees has been conducted on a national level, rather than on a provincial basis, China’s deputy finance...
25 February 2022
Germany: employers and unions call on the Bundestag to ‘correct’ the bill raising the minimum wage to €12
On 23 February, Germany’s chief executive body, the Federal Cabinet (Bundeskabinett) endorsed the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Hubertus Heil’s (SPD) bill raising the minimum wage to €12...
24 February 2022
EU: EU draft directive on corporate sustainability due diligence finally unveiled
On 23 February, and following approval by the College of Commissioners, the European Commission presented its long-awaited draft directive on due diligence. Although NGOs had been worried that...
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23 February 2022
Germany: chemical sector calling for wage increases of over 3.1%
On 22 February, the IG BCE union (chemicals/energy/construction & public works) presented its collective bargaining demands ahead of regional preliminary rounds that start on 02 March (Hesse)...
22 February 2022
EU: Ireland and France transpose whistleblowing directive
Two EU-27 Member States – Ireland and France – are to adopt new legislation in line with the provisions of EU Directive 2019/1937 of 23 October 2019 on the protection of whistleblowers. In...
21 February 2022
United Kingdom: online lender Landbay introduces miscarriage leave of up to six weeks
Online UK lender Landbay has this week announced the introduction of a paid leave allowance of up to six weeks for employees that suffer a miscarriage. The period of leave is the longest of its...
21 February 2022
Japan: government preparing guidelines on human rights in corporate supply chains
The Japanese government has established a working group dealing with human rights in corporate supply chains, the country’s trade minister Koichi Hagiuda announced on Tuesday 15 February. The...
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18 February 2022
Germany: the Versicherungskammer insurance group converts to ‘Smart Working’
Germany's 9th largest insurer has seized the opportunity presented by the Covid-19 pandemic to transform what had previously been a relatively traditional plan, aimed at making its working methods...
17 February 2022
Belgium : towards the right to a 4-day week without reduction of working time
On 15 February, Belgium’s coalition government unveiled a reform proposal aimed at, among other things, encouraging the emergence of new forms of work, better protecting platform workers...
16 February 2022
France: external audit fosters “dynamic of progress”, says Martine Bordonné, director of telework and nomadism at Orange (interview)
French telecommunications group Orange was one of the first three companies to receive the WIWO (Work In Work Out) label awarded by the Incitu collective on 10 December, following a four-month...
14 February 2022
Germany: pandemic causes membership decline at DGB unions
The eight trade unions that are members of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) saw their numbers decline by 2% in 2021 to 5.7 million members, the umbrella organisation revealed in its...
14 February 2022
“It is important to combine and cultivate the best of both groups”, Sébastien Graff, InVivo Group Human Resources Director (interview)
InVivo is rolling out its plan for integrating the Soufflet teams, following the completion of its acquisition of the family-owned agri-food group in December 2021. This merger makes the French...
10 February 2022
Spain: minimum wage raised to €1,000
On 09 February 2022, Spain’s Minister of Labour agreed with the trade unions on an increase in the interprofessional minimum wage (SMI - Salario Mínimo Interprofesional) of €35 per month from €965...
10 February 2022
United States: Trainual offers $5,000 to new hires looking to leave the company
US Arizona-based online training and knowledge management platform start-up, Trainual, is offering $5,000 to new recruits if they wish to leave within two weeks of signing their employment...
9 February 2022
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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
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
6 November 2025
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
7 November 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
5 November 2025
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
6 November 2025
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Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025