France: agreement reached at Thales to manage the continuation of business, as well as its decline, amid the ongoing health crisis

Signed on 26 March by all the representative trade union organisations within at Thales (the CFDT, CFE-CGC, CFTC and CGT), the purpose of the agreement at the aerospace group is “to govern the principles and measures adopted within the group to support the adaptation of activities that cannot continue under the same conditions over the coming weeks”.  So as to make sure critical and strategic activities in particular are able to continue, as well as the business in general, the agreement contains commitments regarding compensation for short-time working as well as measures relating to leave and time off, and others to limit recourse to short-time working. The agreement also contains a section on the continuation of social dialogue during the Covid-19 crisis.

Through . Published on 27 March 2020 à 16h27 - Update on 27 March 2020 à 16h27

The parties reaffirm the need to make sure critical/strategic activities, defined in the agreement, can continue.

Short-time working. The agreement lists the cases in which short-time working measures will be utilised (e.g. disruption of supply, recommended distancing and barrier measures impossible to implement, drop in business volumes, significant absence of employees essential for an activity to continue). In this case, employees paid up to €2,300 gross will be paid 100% of their wages (the company will cover this cost,…

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