EU: second phase of consultation with social partners on traineeships launched European legislation On Thursday 28 September, the European Commission launched the second phase of the consultation with social partners to update the framework for traineeships.…
United Kingdom: CIPD issues guide to promote inclusion of transgender employees Initiatives from the public authorities and other stakeholders The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the trade association for human resource management professionals,…
Réglementaire United Kingdom: minimum wage to rise from April 2024 National legislation UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt is to announce today an increase in the national living wage – effective from 1 April 2024 – at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.…
Great Britain: Tesco introduces paid leave for employees who are legal guardians Recruitment/Employer branding/employee loyalty On 26 September 2023, the UK supermarket giant announced the introduction of a new category of leave for employees who are taking care of relatives’ children and for whom they are the legal guardians. This new ‘kinship leave’ means employees can be paid parental leave equivalent to that of adoptive parents.
Argentina: minimum wage increases again in response to hyperinflation National legislation Argentina’s government has announced a further increase in the national ‘minimum, living and mobile wage.’ In December 2023,…
Réglementaire France: the government sets about tackling the escalation in sick leave National legislation Presented on 27 September 2023, the Social Security Financing Bill 2024 provides the government with an opportunity to tighten controls over sick leave, alongside which the executive is also launching a ‘social conference’ on low wages, while Parliament continues to examine the value-sharing bill.
Réglementaire Belgium: leave period entitlement maintained in the event of illness during holidays National legislation The law of 17 July 2023, published in the Moniteur belge (Official Gazette) on 31 July 2023 applies the provisions of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and CJEU jurisprudence,…
Réglementaire Poland: a new list of prohibited occupations for minors National legislation As of 30 September 2023, a new list of prohibited occupations for minors aged over 15 but under 18 will come into force.…
Réglementaire Greece: employees may work up to 13 hours a day and 74 hours a week National legislation Despite fervent protest Greece’s Conservative government has just passed a reform to Labour Code, ratifying a broad flexibilization of working hours. The text also transposes the European directive on transparent and predictable working conditions.
Réglementaire Italy: employees must have access to all their personal data National legislation In a case brought by an employee after having been laid-off, the ‘Garante per la protezione dei dati personali’ (GPDP), the Italian data protection authority, has ruled that employees are entitled to full access to their files, including, in this specific case, the information that was contained in the report by a detective agency that had been commissioned to investigate the employee.
United Kingdom: CIPD issues guide to promote inclusion of transgender employees Initiatives from the public authorities and other stakeholders The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the trade association for human resource management professionals,…
Great Britain: companies urged to get involved in suicide prevention Initiatives from the public authorities and other stakeholders On 11 September 2023 the UK executive published its ‘Suicide prevention strategy for England: 2023 to 2028’ policy paper,…
Canada: investigations launched against Walmart and Hugo Boss after allegations of Uyghur forced labour in their supply chains Initiatives from the public authorities and other stakeholders Following complaints from a group of NGOs, an investigation has been launched into Walmart and Hugo Boss which are two of three companies being accused of sourcing from factories suspected of using forced Uyghur labour.
Germany: Bosch launches the ‘My Bosch App’ to better include and involve production employees The German multinational engineering and technology company has launched an in-house mobile app that can be downloaded onto employees’ personal smartphones. The aim is to include and involve the 100,000 or so production staff without work phones into Bosch's social network. The app also takes care to address private data protection issues.
Great Britain: the TUC launches a new AI taskforce dedicated to ensuring AI is regulated fairly at work On 04 September, the UK’s Trades Union Congress launched a landmark AI taskforce the purpose of which is to secure a new legislative framework for the fair use of AI in the workplace.
Interview Jérémy Lamri (Tomorrow Theory): “There isn’t a single HR topic that won’t be impacted by generative AI” (interview) With ChatGPT’s popularity continuing to grow since its launch in November 2022, Jérémy Lamri, co-author of ‘Travailler à l'ère des AI génératives’* (Editions EMS), explains to mind RH about how generative artificial intelligence technologies will revolutionise the world of work, especially HR practices, and reflects on the challenges facing companies. Entrepreneur and researcher specializing in understanding and developing human potential, Jérémy Lamri also co-founded Le Lab RH and Hub France IA and he speaks to us here as CEO of HR innovation studio Tomorrow Theory.
EU: second phase of consultation with social partners on traineeships launched European legislation On Thursday 28 September, the European Commission launched the second phase of the consultation with social partners to update the framework for traineeships.…
Réglementaire United Kingdom: minimum wage to rise from April 2024 National legislation UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt is to announce today an increase in the national living wage – effective from 1 April 2024 – at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.…
Great Britain: Tesco introduces paid leave for employees who are legal guardians Recruitment/Employer branding/employee loyalty On 26 September 2023, the UK supermarket giant announced the introduction of a new category of leave for employees who are taking care of relatives’ children and for whom they are the legal guardians. This new ‘kinship leave’ means employees can be paid parental leave equivalent to that of adoptive parents.
Great Britain: TUC turns to the ILO to challenge UK’s Minimum Service Levels requirement during strike action National industrial relations En plein congrès annuel, la confédération syndicale TUC a annoncé le dépôt d'une réclamation devant l'Organisation Internationale du Travail (OIT) contre la loi imposant un service minimum.
Spain: AI assumes greater prominence in collective bargaining National industrial relations Trade unions in Spain are working actively to develop employees' right to information as regards the use of artificial intelligence, with the aim of incorporating this into collective agreements as they are updated.
Italy: series of agreements signed by major agri-food companies ahead of national collective agreement renewal negotiations National industrial relations With agri-food sector social partners commencing discussions for renewing the national collective agreement, many of the sector's major companies have spent the summer months signing individual agreements with the Fai Cisl, Flai Cgil and Uila unions. Recurring themes in these agreements include the strengthening of labour relations, a greater commitment to the environment, and a sharp rise in productivity bonuses.
Interview Christian Ruckriegel (Allianz): “Our Equal Pay project is an important part of a broader commitment to gender equality” Diversity How do you ensure male and female employees enjoy equal pay when you are a multinational company operating in more than 70 countries with different customs and traditions? This is the challenge that the German insurance company Allianz set itself in 2020 and which earned it the renowned German HR Management Prize in the 'HR Tech & Digital' category in September 2022. According to the award panel, Allianz succeeded in deploying a data-driven method for identifying and closing potential wage gaps on a global scale in record time. Christian Ruckriegel, head of employee benefits at the German insurance group, gives us an insight into their efforts.
News update as of March 13, 2019 National legislation On the menu: Resolution to the dispute between the Yves Rocher Turkey subsidiary and the IndustriALL Global backed Petrol-Is union, Consumer legislation offers only weak leverage in the area of CSR, public sector contracts to prioritize ‘ethical’ employers in the UK, collective agreements renewed for FCA, CNH, and Ferrari and Ducati, downbeat start to 2019 for auto-sector jobs in Argentina.
EU: the 4th UNI Europa Conference was held under the heading ‘Changing Europe Together’ European legislation With the desire to ‘Change Europe’, thanks to stronger unions with increased negotiations influence, UNI Europa gathered its members together for a three-day conference, held in Rome from the 14th to the 16th of March 2016, to set out a strategic framework for the next four years. Unions’ strengthened capacity to attract members and to negotiate, using levers including union alliances, European Works Councils, and transnational company agreements came to the fore. In terms of transnational company agreements, the Conference adopted a set of guidelines and a negotiation procedure.
