BNP Paribas strengthens social floor with a new global agreement

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On 4 November, BNP Paribas and the global union federation UNI Global Union signed a new agreement that strengthens the social floor common to all the French banking group's 182,656 employees. The agreement also introduces new protections for employees in areas such as the use of artificial intelligence, teleworking, gender equality, diversity and inclusion. It also includes advances in trade union rights and makes UNI Global Union a key partner in the bank's due diligence plan.
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The new agreement, signed on 4 November by BNP Paribas and UNI Global Union, comes against a backdrop of technological, economic, social and regulatory transformations impacting the banking sector. It reaffirms the commitments contained in the 2018 agreement and introduces new ones, accompanied by precise indicators. The aim is to take account of the “major” issues that have arisen since then, in particular the due diligence plan, the long-term practice of new working methods, combatting inappr

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