News
Trending topics
- Global Framework Agreements
- Skills
- Remote work regulations
- hybrid work
- European Framework Agreement
- Gender equality
- Collective agreement
- CSRD
- Artificial intelligence
- EWC agreements and recast directive
- Wages
- Older workers
- Managing the fallout of Covid-19
- Corporate sustainability due diligence
- Gig workers and the regulation of platforms
France: Renault strikes agreement on remote work ahead of a revamp of work organisation
The agreement signed by Renault and industrial workers’ federation Industriall Global Union in April on remote work, which took the form of an addendum to an existing global framework agreement...
11 June 2021
Great Britain: government boosts regulator’s control over trade unions and employers’ associations
On 08 June the UK government announced that the Certification Officer, the public body responsible for checking that trade unions and employers' associations comply with the relevant statutes, is...
10 June 2021
Safran signs a European framework agreement on skills development
On 08 June, the French defense and aerospace technology company together with IndustriAll Europe signed a new framework agreement on employment. It includes a training and jobs mobility program...
8 June 2021
France to become seventh country to ratify ILO Convention 190 against violence and harassment in the world of work
On 2 June, France’s Council of Ministers adopted a bill to ratify ILO Convention n°190 (2019), which seeks to eliminate violence and harassment from the workplace. As well as introducing a ban on...
7 June 2021
Ireland: Lidl introduces paid leave for staff suffering pregnancy loss
Supermarket chain Lidl announced on 4 June that it will offer paid leave to its Irish employees that suffer pregnancy loss or miscarriage, as well as partners of individuals suffering such an...
7 June 2021
United Kingdom: EU judges side with Tesco staff in equal pay dispute
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on 3 June that employees of the UK supermarket chain Tesco could rely on an article of EU law to claim equal pay. The ruling comes after a...
4 June 2021
Italy: government backtracks on extension to employment layoff freeze
Given protestation from the employers' organizations and bubbling tensions amid the majority, the Draghi government has reversed a measure that was introduced at the last minute in the "Sostegni...
4 June 2021
Germany: grand coalition agreement for mandatory female quotas on large company management boards
If adopted, the bill will for the first time require listed companies subject to co-determination laws and large state-controlled firms to include at least one female on their management boards...
1 June 2021
Qatar: new government rules to better protect workers from heat stress
As temperatures start to rise across the Persian Gulf, Qatar is implementing new rules to better protect workers from heat stress. From 01 June, summer-time non-working hours are being extended by...
1 June 2021
Generali: a joint European declaration to provide a sustainable framework for crisis situations
On 10 May, Italian insurance group Generali and its European Works Council signed a joint declaration with provisions to cover crisis situations beyond Covid-19. It guarantees the preservation of...
31 May 2021
United Kingdom: bonus increased for businesses hosting T-Level students
The UK government announced on 27 May that businesses will be able to claim £1,000 for each T-Level student that they host for a placement. The T-Level qualification, which is the equivalent of...
31 May 2021
Germany: rubber industry pens first agreement on trade unions’ right to “virtual access” to employees
The social partners in Germany’s rubber industry have achieved a first in the country by signing a branch agreement that will authorise and regulate the right of trade unions to engage with...
28 May 2021
Morocco: a new digital platform harnessing AI and data to make the labour market more fluid
A digital information platform covering the labour market, harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) and data, is going to be set up in Morocco, spearheaded by a consortium of private and public...
28 May 2021
Spain: agreement extends extraordinary short-time working mechanisms until 30 September
Spain’s government and the social partners have signed an agreement extending the arrangements for extraordinary temporary employment regulations (ERTE- Expediente de Regulación Temporal de...
27 May 2021
Italy: collective agreement renewed for logistics, freight and parcel shipment sector
On 18 May the social partners in the logistics, freight and parcel-shipping sector signed an agreement to renew their national collective agreement (NCA), which covers almost 1 million workers...
27 May 2021
Great Britain: UK becomes the first and currently only country where Uber allows workers to unionize
Uber has signed a landmark agreement with the GMB union that allows the union to represent its approximately 70,000 within the UK. This landmark deal marks a departure from the ride-hailing...
27 May 2021
Our mind news
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
Most viewed articles of the month on mind HR
What readers clicked on the most last month.
What readers clicked on the most last month.
1
France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
2
Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
3
Italy: Crédit Agricole introduces a handbook on managerial behaviour
The document adopted in mid-July by Crédit Agricole Italia and the main banking trade unions goes beyond the proper use of meetings and emails. This six-point handbook aims to foster constructive...
3 September 2026
4
Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
5
EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026
6
United Kingdom: government “names and shames” companies that fail to pay the minimum wage
The news. On September 3, the UK government published a list of employers penalised for failing to comply with the National Minimum Wage. Nearly 660 companies were named, including fast-food chain...
4 September 2026