In a ruling dated 8 July 2026, the labour division of the Cour de cassation has confirmed that an employee can be a victim of moral harassment purely as a result of degrading management methods imposed on their team, without having been personally targeted by the conduct in question. Handed down in a case brought by a former HR director against her employer, the Centrale d'approvisionnement des Landes, the decision significantly widens the scope of moral harassment as previously defined by lower courts. For HR leadership teams, it means rethinking how a degraded managerial climate can, on its own, expose an employer to liability.

Led by Ira Vouk and backed by San Diego State University, the initiative offers eight online workshops to guide industry professionals from beginner level through to operational mastery of AI tools.

Evelyne Chabrot, who devoted more than four decades to Accor, including more than twenty years in senior human resources roles, passed away on Saturday 8 August 2026. Having joined the group in 1974, she accompanied its major transformations before embarking on a second career in coaching and personal development.

Ahead of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, Marriott International brought together travel industry players, associations and survivors to strengthen the hospitality sector's response to this scourge. The Group highlights its training, emergency shelter and workforce integration programmes for victims.

A bill tabled on 7 July 2026 in the National Assembly by MP Arthur Delaporte could, if passed, profoundly transform the way hotel groups organise their use of subcontracting, particularly for room cleaning, security and technical maintenance. The text, numbered 3042, seeks to hold principal contractors accountable towards their subcontractors, employees and local areas.