Not official yet but already adopted. Without waiting for the May 14 law on secure employment to pass (see article No. 130319), businesses are gradually opening to “flexibility.” After PSA Sevelnord (see article No. 120489), Plastic Omnium composites and Renault (see article No. 130127), Bosch signed, at the end of April, an employment guarantee agreement for its Rodez site (1,700 employees). And PSA could follow. Indeed, the carmaker recently announced that debates would open by the fall. Faurecia and Valeo are also discussing the issue.
Are these agreements going to become commonplace? More than 50 percent of HR managers are currently fond of this type of system, according to a survey carried out by the national association of HR directors (ANDRH) in April. And in 2011 only 19 percent were in favor. “These agreements, negotiated within the framework of the national cross-industry agreement (ANI) are a good answer to the crisis because they are meant to respond to a major and temporary drop in orders,” explains Marie-Françoise Leflon, who negotiated for the confederation of executives.