On July 17 and following the same route as Safran (c.f. article No. 12041 and No. 11856, in French), an agreement for Bosch France was unanimously signed by the trade unions that sets the framework for the use of new official long-term short-time working provisions, which aim to enable companies to reduce their business over the long-term while benefiting from a more advantageous salary subsidy, on the proviso that they negotiate an agreement and commit to maintain jobs.
During the coronavirus lockdown period, Bosch France signed an agreement on short-time working that maintained full remuneration. However, given the deteriorating situation, Bosch management has proposed that going forward it will adopt the new long-term short-time working provision set up to support businesses cope with a crisis that has all the hallmarks of being set to last a long time.
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