Europe HR Compliance Pulse – a daily news-style briefing on European HR legal, labour law and compliance developments for SME HR teams.
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Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 11 August 2026
11/08/2026 Germany's coalition reform package doubles the maximum length of fixed-term contracts to 48 months, introduces a first-day sick… Pulse
Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 10 August 2026
10/08/2026 The European Commission's July infringement package targets eight Member States for failing to fully transpose the Directive on… Pulse
Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 7 August 2026
07/08/2026 The EU's Digital Omnibus on AI entered into force on 27 July, deferring high-risk obligations for HR AI… Pulse
Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 6 August 2026
06/08/2026 Spain's flexible retirement reform takes effect on 28 August, allowing retirees to combine their pension with self-employment for… Pulse
Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 5 August 2026
05/08/2026 The Netherlands faces a 31 August deadline to publish its worker classification legal presumption in the Staatsblad, setting… Pulse
Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 4 August 2026
04/08/2026 France's new supplementary birth leave took effect on 1 July, giving each parent up to two months of… Pulse
HR Radar: week of 3 August 2026
03/08/2026 This week: the widening gap between agentic AI plans and realised value, pay transparency after the missed EU… Pulse
Europe HR Compliance Pulse: 3 August 2026
03/08/2026 Only four of 27 EU member states met the Pay Transparency Directive's 7 June transposition deadline, and the… Pulse
