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Germany: Bavaria Labor Tribunal rules that online platform workers are not employees
On 04 December, the Land of Bavaria’s Labor Tribunal in Munich delivered one of the first rulings on the legal status of online platform workers and deemed them not to hold employee worker status...
5 December 2019
Germany: 4.8% salary increase over 29 months for insurance sector employees
On 30 November and following tough negotiations, Germany’s insurance sector social partners finally signed a collective agreement covering the 170,000 employees in the sector’s various services...
4 December 2019
Belgium: banking sector commits to further gender equality
On 21 November, Belgium’s Women in Finance association announced it had already achieved its goal of a charter promoting equal treatment between males and females that covers more than 90% of...
3 December 2019
United States: draft legislation allowing workers to opt out of trade union negotiated agreements and to independently negotiate their own conditions
On 18 November, three Republican US House of Representatives members from the conservative states of South Dakota, North Carolina, and Tennessee, presented their Worker’s Choice Act that aims to...
3 December 2019
EU: tough task to update European rules on social security for mobile citizens
With the Juncker Commission’s five years in office having come to an end, there is a feeling of business being unfinished when it comes to social Europe. As the former European Commissioner for...
2 December 2019
Germany: companies focus on issue of parenthood amid talent war
On 25 November the German arm of US IT giant Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced that all employees will now be eligible for six months of parental leave, with 100% pay from the company...
2 December 2019
United States: big cities and states take steps to regulate the gig economy
Several US states and large cities in the country are taking action in a bid to regulate the legal Wild West that is the so-called gig economy. California, Seattle and New York City are on the...
2 December 2019
United Kingdom: Supreme Court decision bolsters protections for whistleblowers
The UK Supreme Court has ruled (here) in favour of a former employee of the Royal Mail postal group who felt that she was dismissed for reporting poor practice on the part of a colleague. For...
29 November 2019
Germany: BMW reaches agreement with works council to cut costs without resorting to staff reductions
The fast-paced shift towards electricity-powered vehicles and the digitalisation of production is piling pressure on the German automobile industry, a central pillar of the country’s economy. Like...
29 November 2019
Finland: agreements reached in the postal and mail sectors
The negotiation of new collective agreements in Finland appears set to be fraught with difficulty, as demonstrated by recent strikes that have impacted the post office, mail services and...
29 November 2019
ENGIE: joint declaration signed with its European Works Council on digital technology issues for the Group
On 28 November, Robert Textoris, ENGIE’s European Works Council (EWC) secretary, together with ENGIE's CEO Isabelle Kocher, signed a joint declaration that sets out a ‘frame of reference common to...
28 November 2019
Mexico: US trade agreement pressure drives a tripling in the domestic labor reform budget
Mexico’s government will need to allocate MXN 1.4 billion (€65 million) in order to implement the labor reforms required in exchange for the successful conclusion of the USMCA, the NAFTA...
28 November 2019
Chile: en route for employees’ right to digitally disconnect
On 19 November, Chile’s parliamentarians overwhelmingly approved (142 votes for and 3 abstentions) draft legislation instigating the ‘right to digitally disconnect’. The initiative will require...
28 November 2019
EU: European Parliament gives the green light to the new European Commission
“If we do our job well, the Europe of 2050 will be the first continent in the world to be carbon neutral. It will be a leading digital power. It will continue to be the economy that best manages...
27 November 2019
Siemens Gamesa: renewal of the Global Framework Agreement on Social Responsibility with IndustriALL Global
On 25 November the former Spanish-based wind turbine manufacturer and wind services provider that merged with Siemens in 2017 signed a Global Framework Agreement (GFA) with the IndustriALL Global...
27 November 2019
The World Players Association reminds Sports Governing bodies (SGBs) of their CSR obligations
The World Players Association (WPA), that represents players and athletes globally (85,000 sportspeople across more than 100 players associations and across more than 60 countries), and which acts...
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26 November 2019
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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