France Telecom-Orange has signed a new agreement on career management for Group staff in France
Paris, September 28, 2011
On 9 September 2011, France Telecom-Orange signed a new agreement on supporting, monitoring and promoting the careers of staff representatives with 4 trade unions, the CFDT, CFTC, CFE-CGC and SUD, representing over 60% of the votes cast at the last union elections.
This open-ended agreement, which concerns some 9,000 elected representatives, will enter into effect on 1 December 2011. It aims to provide support during the transition between work duties and staff representative duties, respecting the principle of non-discrimination and guaranteeing equality of treatment. This agreement was signed within the framework of the Group's new social contract, implemented a year ago, and will contribute to creating favourable conditions for an effective discussion of social issues within the Group.
The agreement also precedes the forthcoming Group union elections in November 2011 for which the August 2008 law on representation applies. Specifically, this law sets a national or local threshold (10%) for 1st round results of the permanent Works Councils, a threshold beneath which a union or union representative may lose their mandate. The Group must therefore establish the means of providing new jobs for elected or appointed representatives of trade unions which do not attain this threshold, nationally or locally, at the 22 November elections.
In this agreement, the Group’s main commitments are to:
provide support and follow-up, and promote staff representative career development, in particular career paths as a union and/or elected representative;
help staff representatives during the transition into their new duties, while seeking a balance between their new responsibilities and maintaining a connection with their work duties;
for representatives at the end of their term of office, guarantee a return to professional duties in keeping with the expectations and skills of the employee in question.
More specifically, the agreement deals with the following issues:
the transition into the role of staff representative,
developing representatives’ skills
follow-up in the case of a return to professional duties,
supporting managers with a staff representative in their day-to-day management duties
Through this agreement, the Group aims to recognise additional skills developed as a representative, aware that they contribute to overall individual and professional development. The Group is committed to implementing all the means necessary for all Group employees to be involved in this framework for managing industrial relations for the benefit of one and all.
Contacts presse :
Sébastien Audra, +33 1 44 44 93 93, sebastien.audra@orange.com
Mylène Blin, +33 1 44 44 80 71, mylene.blin@orange.com
This open-ended agreement, which concerns some 9,000 elected representatives, will enter into effect on 1 December 2011. It aims to provide support during the transition between work duties and staff representative duties, respecting the principle of non-discrimination and guaranteeing equality of treatment. This agreement was signed within the framework of the Group's new social contract, implemented a year ago, and will contribute to creating favourable conditions for an effective discussion of social issues within the Group.
The agreement also precedes the forthcoming Group union elections in November 2011 for which the August 2008 law on representation applies. Specifically, this law sets a national or local threshold (10%) for 1st round results of the permanent Works Councils, a threshold beneath which a union or union representative may lose their mandate. The Group must therefore establish the means of providing new jobs for elected or appointed representatives of trade unions which do not attain this threshold, nationally or locally, at the 22 November elections.
In this agreement, the Group’s main commitments are to:
provide support and follow-up, and promote staff representative career development, in particular career paths as a union and/or elected representative;help staff representatives during the transition into their new duties, while seeking a balance between their new responsibilities and maintaining a connection with their work duties; for representatives at the end of their term of office, guarantee a return to professional duties in keeping with the expectations and skills of the employee in question.More specifically, the agreement deals with the following issues:
the transition into the role of staff representative,developing representatives’ skillsfollow-up in the case of a return to professional duties,supporting managers with a staff representative in their day-to-day management duties Through this agreement, the Group aims to recognise additional skills developed as a representative, aware that they contribute to overall individual and professional development. The Group is committed to implementing all the means necessary for all Group employees to be involved in this framework for managing industrial relations for the benefit of one and all.
Contacts presse :
Sébastien Audra, +33 1 44 44 93 93, sebastien.audra@orange.com
Mylène Blin, +33 1 44 44 80 71, mylene.blin@orange.com
About Orange
France Telecom-Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with 171,000 employees worldwide, including 105,000 employees in France, and sales of 10.9 billion euros in the first three months of 2012. Present in 33 countries, the Group had a customer base of 225 million customers at 31 March 2012, including 181 million customers under the Orange brand, the Group's single brand for internet, television and mobile services in the majority of countries where the company operates. At 31 March 2012, the Group had 166 million mobile customers and 15 million broadband internet (ADSL, fibre) customers worldwide. Orange is one of the main European operators for mobile and broadband internet services and, under the brand Orange Business Services, is one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multinational companies.
With its industrial project, "conquests 2015", Orange is simultaneously addressing its employees, customers and shareholders, as well as the society in which the company operates, through a concrete set of action plans. These commitments are expressed through a new vision of human resources for employees; through the deployment of a network infrastructure upon which the Group will build its future growth; through the Group's ambition to offer a superior customer experience thanks in particular to improved quality of service; and through the acceleration of international development.
France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is listed on Euronext Paris (compartment A) and on the New York Stock Exchange.
For more information (on the internet and on your mobile): www.orange.com, www.orange-business.com, www.orange-innovation.tv or to follow us on Twitter: @presseorange.
Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in this material are trade marks of Orange Brand Services Limited, Orange France or France Telecom.
With its industrial project, "conquests 2015", Orange is simultaneously addressing its employees, customers and shareholders, as well as the society in which the company operates, through a concrete set of action plans. These commitments are expressed through a new vision of human resources for employees; through the deployment of a network infrastructure upon which the Group will build its future growth; through the Group's ambition to offer a superior customer experience thanks in particular to improved quality of service; and through the acceleration of international development.
France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is listed on Euronext Paris (compartment A) and on the New York Stock Exchange.
For more information (on the internet and on your mobile): www.orange.com, www.orange-business.com, www.orange-innovation.tv or to follow us on Twitter: @presseorange.
Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in this material are trade marks of Orange Brand Services Limited, Orange France or France Telecom.
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