France: La Poste broadens equality agreement to include LGBT+ people National industrial relations French postal group La Poste, which employs 200,000 people in France, has signed a new professional equality agreement with four trade unions. Covering 2025–2027, it expands efforts to tackle discrimination and introduces new measures on women’s health as well as LGBT+ inclusion in parental support schemes.
Confidentiel [mind RH news] Veolia strikes European agreement on diversity and inclusion Transnational industrial relations Veolia, the French multinational providing water, energy and waste recycling management services, is to sign a European framework agreement on diversity and inclusion with the European Federation of Public Service Unions. It will create a right to paid leave in cases of domestic violence and commits the group to LGBTQ+ rights. The agreement comes as Veolia adjusts to the European Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and comes at a time when large international companies are renouncing their policies in these areas under pressure from the Trump administration.
United Kingdom: ethnic diversity slowly increasing on boards of directors Corporate practices The Parker Review of ethnic diversity on the boards of directors of major UK companies, published on 11 March, highlights a significant improvement at those listed on the FTSE 250 in 2024. However, not all the groups concerned have yet appointed a director from a minority group to their board, contrary to the objective that had been set.
