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ENI incorporates just transition and AI into global agreement
On 13 January, Italian energy group ENI renewed its global agreement on international industrial relations, corporate social responsibility and the just transition with Italian unions CGIL, CISL...
5 February 2026
How Syensqo (formerly Solvay) oversaw AI deployment through international social dialogue
In January 2025, Belgian chemicals group Syensqo (formerly Solvay), which employs 13,000 staff, struck a deal with its European Works Council and Global Forum on the use of artificial...
11 September 2025
How EDF plans to implement global CSR agreement
French energy company EDF reached a new global agreement on corporate social responsibility at the end of January, covering the period 2025-2030. Signed unanimously by the trade unions, it covers...
mind RH news – Draft global CSR agreement submitted for signature at EDF
French energy company EDF and two global trade union federations have struck a draft agreement on social and environmental responsibility, which has been submitted to 16 trade union organisations...
16 January 2025
A look back at 2024: international social dialogue of growing importance to large companies
While 2023 was marked at European level by the failure to negotiate a framework agreement on telework, it was the strengthening of the directive on European works councils that was in the news in...
10 January 2025
Living wage becomes a corporate responsibility
With Michelin's announcements in April, the living wage has come under the spotlight. The issue is about to become a matter of compliance, with the entry into force of the Corporate Sustainability...
12 December 2024
BNP Paribas strengthens social floor with a new global agreement
On 4 November, BNP Paribas and the global union federation UNI Global Union signed a new agreement that strengthens the social floor common to all the French banking group's 182,656 employees. The...
14 November 2024
Inditex global agreement extended to due diligence and digitalisation
On 10 October, Inditex renewed its global agreement with UNI Global Union, covering 165,000 employees in 215 countries, and extended it to cover the digitalisation of retail and vigilance over...
24 October 2024
Lidl and Kaufland unions unite in push for global agreement
The trade unions of the Lidl and Kaufland retail chains based in Europe and the United States are joining forces to push for a global agreement between the parent company, the German multinational...
16 October 2024
H&M and industriALL Global Union bolster agreement on subcontracting practices
Nine years after a first agreement aimed at developing representation and collective relations among suppliers, H&M, the Swedish trade union IF Metall and the global federation industriALL...
29 August 2024
Geopost commits to regulate subcontracting in a global agreement
On July 22, the La Poste group subsidiary signed an amendment to the social agreement that has bound it since 2017 with the global services union federation UNI Global Union. It brings a strong...
27 August 2024
Casino group Cirsa signs global agreement with UNI Global Union and commits to due diligence measures
On 1 March, the Spanish casino group (14,000 employees) signed an agreement on workers' rights and corporate responsibility with the global services trade union federation UNI Global Union, for an...
5 March 2024
Looking back at 2023: social dialogue returns to the fore
The year 2023 saw legislators, employers and trade unions agree to strengthen the role of social dialogue, both at company and European institution level. All are convinced of its importance, all...
16 January 2024
Vincent Mackie (Safran): “We’re working on a common parenthood framework for all countries by 2024”
On 4 December, aerospace, technology and defence group Safran renewed its social responsibility agreement with IndustriAll Global Union. Vincent Mackie, group social affairs director, spoke to...
21 December 2023
Global framework agreement: Safran commits to bolstering training and pre-empting evolution of jobs
The aerospace and defence industrial group Safran and IndustriAll Global Union have renewed their commitment for a further five years by signing a new framework agreement on social responsibility...
5 December 2023
Crédit Agricole extends social rights with new global agreement
French banking group Crédit Agricole has stepped up its commitment on social topics by signing a new global agreement with UNI Global Union, covering human rights, fundamental labour rights, trade...
10 October 2023
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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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Spain: government seeks to strengthen protection for employee whistleblowers
On 28 July, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved a draft bill aimed at providing legal protection to employees who report corruption or breaches of labour law, shielding them from potential...
27 August 2026
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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
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Netherlands: Uber fined over 800 million euros for automated algorithmic decisions
The news. In a decision dated 17 August, the Dutch Data Protection Authority fined ride-hailing company Uber €825 million for automating decisions regarding driver account deactivations. The...
24 August 2026
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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
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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
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Slovakia: 6% increase in the minimum wage from 1 January 2027
The news. As Slovakia’s social partners failed to reach an agreement during tripartite negotiations, Labour Minister Erik Tomas has decided to increase the minimum wage by 6% from 1 January...
1 September 2026