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Italy: Draghi government strengthens workplace safety related prevention measures and sanctions
On 15 October, Italy’s Council of Ministers approved a decree law that will allow for more effective intervention related to occupational health and safety violations and illegal work. The text...
20 October 2021
Spain: the region of Valencia is to be the first to test the four-day week
Valencia is preparing to pilot transitioning to a four-day working week. While central government is moving cautiously on the issue of shorter working hours, the Valencian region is already a step...
19 October 2021
France: social partners formalise framework and objectives for training reform
On Friday 15 October, social partners in France reached a compromise on a national cross-industry framework agreement (ANI) that will reform vocational training. The compromise paves the way for...
18 October 2021
Italy: social partners in engineering and metals sector launch a national ongoing training platform
The employer organisations Federmeccanica and Assistal have joined forces with three trade unions – Fiom-Cgil, Fim-Cisl and Uilm – to launch a digital platform called MetApprendo, with a view to...
15 October 2021
Mexico: Supreme Court reaffirms that unilateral pay cuts by employers are illegal
At a time when many firms in Mexico have moved to cut pay as they grapple with the pandemic, an opinion issued by the Supreme Court on 1 October 2021 serves as a reminder that a pay reduction...
15 October 2021
Belgium: government proposes flexible working time measures
On 12 October the ruling coalition of conservatives and liberals (MR-Open VLD), socialists and greens, as well as the Flemish Christian Democrats, reached an agreement for the 2022 budget. The...
14 October 2021
Germany: Vodafone employees can now work wherever they want
Since 01 October 2021, all Vodafone Germany employees are free to decide where they want to work, be it at the office, at home, or in a café. They can even work for up to 20 days a year in...
14 October 2021
Great Britain: Arup employees allowed to split their working time over all 7 days in the week
Since 20 May, London-based professional services group Arup, which employs 6,000 people in the United Kingdom, has been implementing a flexible work organization model that supplants the...
13 October 2021
France: a psycho-social prevention tool to accompany the internal transformation of Fayat Energie Services
Fayat Energie Services is a branch of the Fayat real estate group, France’s 4th largest real estate group, and it specialises in energy services, electrical engineering, climate control and...
13 October 2021
Italy: agreement on generational renewal at Crédit Agricole, that includes 1,000 voluntary departures and 700 new hires
On 02 October, Crédit Agricole's Italian subsidiary and the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, UILCA and Unisin trade unions signed an agreement on generational renewal that has been designed to...
12 October 2021
Spain: Desigual employees approve shift to four-day week
On 7 October, employees of Spanish fashion company Desigual voted in favour of working only four days per week. The firm’s staff will transition from 39.5 hours per week to 34 and will either have...
11 October 2021
Germany: “We want to help employees to change jobs and avoid redundancies,” says Marcel Verweinen, human resources senior vice president at Continental (interview)
Amid rapid evolutions in the world of work due to digitalisation, the ecological transition and demographic change, 26 large German companies employing a combined total of around one million...
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8 October 2021
France: MGEN strengthens its ambitions for professional equality with a new agreement
On 29 September MGEN (Mutuelle Générale de l'Education Nationale), France's leading mutual health insurance company and healthcare services provider with almost 10,000 employees, announced it had...
8 October 2021
Ireland: 4-day working week to be tested by companies
Starting in February 2022, Irish employers will introduce a four-day working week on a trial basis for a period of six months. The pilot programme was devised by the lobby group Four Day Week...
8 October 2021
US: PwC offers full-time remote work to almost all of its US workforce
On 01 October the UK consulting giant announced it would be allowing all its 40,000 US client-facing staff to work 100% remotely, and from anywhere within continental USA. Prior to this launch the...
6 October 2021
Mexico: platform workers will be entitled to social security, in the form of voluntary paid affiliation
On 30 September, digital platforms Beat, DiDi, Rappi and Uber signed an agreement with the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) in order to provide their workers, drivers, and delivery...
6 October 2021
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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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EU: Omnibus Directive clears key milestone in European Parliament
On 13 October, the European Parliament’s position on the Omnibus Directive was approved by its Committee on Legal Affairs by 17 votes to six. Regarding due diligence rules, the report...
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13 October 2025
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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: European pay transparency directive, a major step forward for businesses
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: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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Germany: ‘active retirement’ law adopted to encourage seniors to remain in the workforce
On 15 October, Germany’s cabinet approved draft legislation on ‘active retirement‘, which is expected to pass swiftly through Parliament. The bill would allow people who continue...
20 October 2025