Renault signs global agreement to promote telework

French automobile group Renault penned on 26 April, at the initiative of its management, the sector’s first global agreement on remote work, struck with industrial workers' federation Industriall Global Union. The agreement, which represents an addendum to the innovative global framework agreement on quality of life at work signed by Renault in 2019, makes remote work the norm for all employees of the group, whenever the job type permits. The text, which has also been initialled by all of Renault's representative trade unions, provides a framework for social dialogue on telework and includes commitments from the automobile group to promote a “collaborative” management system and a “work-life balance” for employees.