Juridique et Administratif

💸 In December 2023, France renewed a Covid-19 measure allowing 5.4 million employees to use meal vouchers in supermarkets, sparking criticism from the GHR union and UMIH president Thierry Marx for deviating from the vouchers' original purpose. The Senate still needs to confirm the vote.

🏨 In 2021, Accor, a major global hotel group, was fined €600,000 by France's CNIL for improper user information on cookies use. The hotel industry faces challenges in balancing customer privacy with marketing optimization due to strict data protection regulations such as the GDPR in Europe. The Google Consent Mode and Consent Management Platforms (CMPs) like Didomi and Axeptio help manage user consent, ensuring compliance and maintaining campaign effectiveness. Modeled data allows performance analysis while respecting user privacy choices.

🏨 The Standard, London, opened in 2019 as the brand's first international hotel, featuring 266 keys and 6 F&B outlets including Decimo restaurant, Double Standard cocktail bar, and an exceptional rooftop. Trinity Investments, in partnership with Oaktree and Partners Group, acquired the hotel, marking a new phase in their joint venture with a partnership dating back to 2017. Together, they have acquired nearly 5,000 hotel keys, with assets valued at nearly $3 billion. This acquisition is Trinity’s third with Oaktree, the first in Europe since announcing their strategic partnership in April.

💸 Meta is fined 798 million euros by the European Commission for breaching competition rules, by tying Facebook Marketplace to the social network Facebook. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager explained this practice gives Meta an unfair advantage in the online advertising market. Meta plans to appeal and consider a paid subscription model for ad-free experiences on Facebook and Instagram. This fine is the EU's seventh-largest for competition infringements, with Google previously fined over 8 billion euros.

📒 Thierry Marx, président of the UMIH, emphasizes a new platform and visual identity to enhance information delivery and responsiveness, especially for lobbying. The UMIH previously launched UMIH Vitalité for hoteliers' health protection transparency and governance. Future challenges include title restaurant reservations for restaurateurs and promoting "Fait Maison" initiatives. The digital transformation outpaces legislative processes. France's UMIH continues to innovate in hospitality communication and advocacy.

📃 In an amendment (#34) to the French HCR national collective agreement dated June 19, 2024, provisions were made for employees with one-year tenure to receive additional absence days for sick children. During hospitalization, workers are entitled to 3 days of absence until the child's 16th birthday, and in case of illness, they receive 2 days until the child's 10th birthday, without salary loss, effective December 1, 2024. These benefits apply unless the company has existing policies, and they are cumulative and paid as worked time.

💸 Publication of the amendment n°33 to the CCN HCR: November 9, 2024. Effective date for the new minimum wage scale: December 1, 2024. New hourly minimum wages: Level I €12.00, Level II €12.28, Level III €13.32, Level IV €14.40, Level V €18.43 for echelon 1; €12.08, €12.55, €13.54, €14.77, €21.78 for echelon 2; and €12.18, €13.17, €14.00, €15.40, €28.12 for echelon 3.

📱 Un réseau WiFi invité est isolé du principal pour la sécurité des données d'entreprise. Il offre une connexion aux visiteurs sans compromettre le réseau interne. Les avantages incluent l'accueil des visiteurs, la protection des données, la limitation des risques légaux, et une gestion de performances réseau optimale. La mise en place d'un WiFi invité nécessite des routeurs professionnels capables de gérer plusieurs SSID et VLANs, ainsi que des mesures de sécurité comme le cryptage WPA3, des mots de passe forts, et des accès temporaires. Les bonnes pratiques comprennent l'information sur les conditions d'utilisation, l'utilisation de portails captifs, la surveillance de l'activité réseau, la mise à jour régulière des mots de passe, et la formation des employés.

🧨 Pierre Bellerose, consultant and President of the "IA et Tourisme" workgroup in Quebec, has mobilized 150 local players to anticipate AI transformations in the tourism sector. The group's missions include mobilization, awareness, and entrepreneurial culture change, focusing on marketing, customer relations, and HR. They seek proactive AI adoption by tourism enterprises to maintain competitiveness, especially as the U.S. and France advance faster. The group doesn't create tools but demonstrates AI's potential to enhance productivity for numerous small and medium-sized enterprises across Quebec's vast territories.

📅 The GHR Department of Social Affairs is holding a webinar on November 21, from 10 am to 11 am, focusing on employee working hours within the HCR sector. The event addresses the risks of non-compliance including salary back payments, URSSAF adjustments, and labor court disputes. In partnership with Klésia and Malakoff Humanis, the webinar aims to review regulations, optimize and secure time-tracking practices to minimize risks. Registration is available through a provided link.