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Germany: governing coalition to propose law on supply chain due diligence by end of March 2021
On Friday 12 February, Germany’s economy, labour and cooperation minsters reached an agreement on the major points of a new ‘supply chain law’, which will increase the due diligence obligations of...
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15 February 2021
France: ‘ecological transition’ enters the nation’s labor code, in particular via new roles for works councils
On 10 February the French government adopted draft legislation ‘to fight climate change and strengthen resilience in the face of it effects’, and which ‘aims to accelerate the transition from...
10 February 2021
Germany: what lessons has the current situation been teaching the nation’s human resource managers?
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, the massive deployment of telework has turned the corporate arena into a huge laboratory that is trying out new ways of working and the work of...
9 February 2021
Italy: collective agreement reached in metals industry
After 15 months of negotiations, interspersed with suspensions, the national collective agreement for the metals industry – which expired at the end of 2019 – was renewed on 5 February. A draft...
8 February 2021
Austria: companies to become key testing venues
In line with the general collective agreement on in-company testing, penned by social partners on 15 January (see article n°12313), the Austrian government has set about making companies a venue...
8 February 2021
Germany: Volkswagen’s new car software developer, CSO, signs an ‘iterative’ collective agreement
On 28 January Volkswagen Group management together with the IG Metall union announced the signature of an in-house agreement for the 4,000 employees of the Group’s new software development...
3 February 2021
China: ILO report notes both the working conditions and lack of regulation related to platform work
In January 2021 the International Labour Organization (ILO) published Working Paper 24 entitled: Online digital labour platforms in China - Working conditions, policy issues and prospects. This...
3 February 2021
Spain: a draft collective agreement concluded for the banking sector that also frames remote working
On 29 January the Asociación Española de Banca (AEB – Spain’s banking employers association), together with representatives of the CCOO, UGT and FINE trade unions concluded the broad outlines of a...
2 February 2021
India: Government seeks to extend social protection to ‘gig economy’ workers
On 01 February, while presenting the national budget for fiscal year 2021-2022, India’s Minister of Finance announced the government's will to extend social protection to those living in the ‘gig...
2 February 2021
EU: EU Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs adopted its resolution on multinational enterprise due diligence
On 27 January 2021, the EU Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs members adopted a draft resolution that intends to serve as a basis from which the European Commission can draw as it works on...
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28 January 2021
Spain: short-time working mechanisms extended until 31 May 2021
Following adoption by Spain’s Council of Ministers, the decree-law on the ‘reinforcement and consolidation of social measures to defend employment’ was published in the Official Bulletin on 27...
27 January 2021
United States: President Biden’s first pro-union and occupational health and safety initiatives
As soon as he arrived in the White House, President Joe Biden made his mark on the relationship between his administration and the trade unions. Almost immediately upon his swearing in, the 46th...
27 January 2021
EU: EU Parliament calls for a Directive enshrining the right to disconnect
On 21 January 2021 the European Parliament adopted an own-initiative report recognizing a right to disconnect (final text). In addition to advocating its fundamental character as a right, the text...
26 January 2021
Germany: Federal Labour Court strengthens the rights of women on the issue of equal pay
Almost four years after the adoption of the pay transparency law in the country, Germany’s Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht) issued a landmark ruling on 21 January on equal treatment of...
25 January 2021
EU: recommendations from European trade union federations to help EWC representatives manage the impact of Brexit
The trade union federations IndustriAll Europe, Uni Europa, EFFAT, EPSU, ETF and EFBWW have issued “joint […] recommendations to EWC/SE coordinators and worker representatives in SNBs, EWCs and...
22 January 2021
Human rights: governments and NGOs up pressure on companies to prevent exploitation of Uighurs
As evidence of the enslavement of hundreds of thousands of Uighurs accumulates, with members of the population deported from their homes and often locked up in huge labour camps, there is a...
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22 January 2021
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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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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations
The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...
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24 September 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026