On 15 May, the management of Barilla France (1,300 employees) and the trade unions – CFDT, CFE-CGC and CGT – signed a new agreement on the "prevention of the risk of disability, the inclusion, integration and continued employment of people with disabilities" for the period 2024-2026. Under the terms of the agreement, the signatories undertake to continue the initiatives already underway, with a target of recruiting an additional 3% of disabled employees, and also to provide support for employees providing care by setting up a dedicated service that will be tested for one year.
Even though Barilla France has a 9% employment rate for people with disabilities (compared with the mandatory 6%), the Italian food company wants to step up its recruitment drive even further, particularly at its Boulogne-Billancourt head office, where recruitment is more difficult due to a mismatch between the profiles sought and the skills of applicants. A survey carried out on 31 December 2023 showed that only 4% of employees at head office were disabled, compared with up to 15% at some indu
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Nathalie Tran
Editor-in-Chief Mind HR