First European health and safety agreement signed at Clariane

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On 26 June, French retirement home group Clariane signed a health and safety agreement with its European Works Council and the European Federation of Public Service Unions. The agreement extends a protocol signed in 2021 and incorporates mental health into the text that serves as a framework for the group's national subsidiaries in Europe. Mathilde Tabary, the company's director of social relations, told mind RH about the challenges of implementing the agreement.
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European social dialogue remains intense at Clariane, which has 69,000 employees. Following the protocol signed in 2021 with the European Works Council, the establishment of a works council for the European Company (SE) in 2022 and the charter of principles for social dialogue in 2023, the retirement home group has signed its first European agreement. The four-year commitment with the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) renews the provisions of the protocol with a more binding t

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