French postal giant Le Groupe La Poste has been partnering with Lab2e (Fonds de Dotation Laboratoire des Entreprises Engagées – Committed Companies Lab Endowment Fund) since the association Solidarités Nouvelles Face au Chômage association (New Unemployment Solidarity association) first established the fund in 2020. Lab2e gathers a range of stakeholders together (associations, companies, HR heads) to promote initiatives that can tackle unemployment. Lab2e published a report in July 2021 promoting good practices aimed at enabling employees whose jobs are eliminated so they can subsequently secure employment solutions. Stéphanie Osmont, Director of Social and Environmental Innovation at Le Groupe La Poste, explains to Planet Labor how her company wants to be a pioneer in this field.
With its activities undergoing transformation (digital mail) and the ability to employ the 8,000 young people it takes on each year no longer achievable (internships, work-study programs, fixed-term contracts), Le Groupe La Poste finds itself having to manage occupational/professional rupture. “We wanted to prioritise working on offering positive outcomes to young people who are not hired on permanent employment contracts,” explains Stéphanie Osmont. The company wants to “develop innovative...
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