Home » Industrial relations » Transnational industrial relations » ENGIE: signature of a European Agreement to safeguard workers’ employability as the group undergoes its business transformation ENGIE: signature of a European Agreement to safeguard workers’ employability as the group undergoes its business transformation On 08 April, the energy group together with three European union federations - IndustriALL Europe, EPSU (European Public Services Union and the EFBW (European Federation of Building and Woodworkers) - signed a European agreement that aims to especially allow each employee to build his/her career path in the group against a backdrop of organizational change, emphasized the signatories’ joint statement. This “European Social Agreement” reaffirms and strengthens the Employment Skills and Planning Agreement agreed in 2010 at European level, which treats aspects of preventative social dialogue and sets social guarantees when employees’ working conditions are impacted following organizational changes. The agreement also makes serious concrete commitments on training, for which an annual budget over three years of €100 million will be allocated, and facilitates internal mobility in a bid to safeguard employability within the group. Through . Published on 11 April 2016 à 15h40 - Update on 11 April 2016 à 16h07 Resources This is far from being the first transnational negotiations process that ENGIE has undertaken and this latest agreement is testament to its experience during the Suez days. Since the merger with Gaz de France, the group has signed four European agreements: c.f. article on jobs and skills planning, 2010, No. 100168, on fundamental Health and Safety principles, 2010, No. 100169, on occupational gender equality, 2012, No. 120368, and on improving the quality of working life, 2014, No. 8750.… European Framework Agreement 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