Home » Industrial relations » National industrial relations » France: metallurgy sector agreement on emergency measures to deal with paid leave, rest days, and working hours France: metallurgy sector agreement on emergency measures to deal with paid leave, rest days, and working hours On 3 April the metallurgy sector’s employers’ body, the UIMM, along with the relevant trade union federations, the CFE-CGC, CFDT and FO (the CGT absent) signed an agreement on work organization arrangements to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. This agreement, plays a supplementary role, i.e. only applies when a company agreement is lacking, and intends for provisions relating to the taking and modification of paid leave days so that companies can better manage the health crisis hiatus and prepare as well as possible for a resumption of activity as soon as public health conditions allow. Through . Published on 07 April 2020 à 16h20 - Update on 07 April 2020 à 16h27 Resources Partial activity. The agreement’s signatories want “Company negotiations to be prioritized so that the sector agreement solely plays a supplementary role”, the agreement states. This sector agreement will only apply in the absence of company agreements, and those negotiated previously will not be called into question. As regards company recourse to partial activity, the agreement intends that, “Taking into account their own economic and financial capacities,… Managing the fallout of Covid-19 Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.PhoneThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels