The group has ruled out, at least until 31 May 2020, resorting to short-time working measures. The majority agreement signed on 6 April by the SNI2A CFE-CGC and CFDT* trade unions seeks to manage the situation for its employees that are enduring a period of reduced activity due to the health crisis, by encouraging training, redeployment to other functions, and use of holiday allowances. Under the agreement, a rather innovative measure will see each employee assess their workload in conjunction with their manager and under the supervision of staff representatives.
“From the outset, for our organisation there was no question of benefiting from state aid to cover the dip in activity, because this public scheme must first and foremost support the companies most affected by the crisis,” Michel Coudougnès, general secretary of the CFE-CGC food industry trade union, and signatory to the deal, explained to Planet Labor. However, while certain professions are experiencing a drop in activity (the sales force and certain services operating in head offices), factories are running at full capacity and sales are increasing.
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