Europe HR Compliance Pulse – a daily news-style briefing on European HR legal, labour law and compliance developments for SME HR teams.

Pulse Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 21 August 2026

Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 21 August 2026

21/08/2026 Five of 27 EU member states have now fully transposed the Pay Transparency Directive after Greece completed passage…
Pulse Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 20 August 2026

Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 20 August 2026

20/08/2026 The Dutch Senate has passed the More Security for Flexible Workers Act, replacing zero-hours contracts with bandwidth contracts…
Pulse Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 19 August 2026

Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 19 August 2026

19/08/2026 Acas has opened its first full consultation on the statutory Code of Practice for disciplinary and grievance procedures…
Pulse Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 18 August 2026

Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 18 August 2026

18/08/2026 Finland has overhauled its Employment Contracts Act in three waves since January, lowering the dismissal threshold, allowing fixed-term…
Pulse HR Radar: week of 17 August 2026

HR Radar: week of 17 August 2026

17/08/2026 The EU AI Act's high-risk deadline for workplace AI has moved to December 2027, pay transparency obligations are…
Pulse Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 17 August 2026

Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 17 August 2026

17/08/2026 The EU's Digital Omnibus on AI entered into force on 27 July, delaying high-risk obligations for employment AI…
Pulse Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 14 August 2026

Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 14 August 2026

14/08/2026 France's new Supplementary Birth Leave, in force since 1 July, gives each parent up to two months of…
Pulse Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 13 August 2026

Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 13 August 2026

13/08/2026 Switzerland's minimum wage landscape is expanding rapidly: the Federal Supreme Court validated municipal minimum wages in Zurich and…
Pulse Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 12 August 2026

Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 12 August 2026

12/08/2026 Belgium's Act of 3 June 2026 took effect on 1 August, introducing a one-week notice period during the…