France: Maif pledges to preserve jobs and reinvest AI productivity gains

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13 May 2026 à 15h56

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On May 11, the French insurance group Maif and its trade unions signed an agreement to initiate a social dialogue process regarding AI. One year after publishing an action plan on 2025 use cases, the text formalizes the company’s ethical commitments, such as pledging no layoffs based on AI, and establishes an AI commission within the central CSE (Social and Economic Committee).

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“AI at the service of humans”. Following an action plan consisting of some forty measures in 2025, Maif’s commitment (8,000 employees) now takes the form of an agreement signed on May 11 with the CAT, CFDT, CFE-CGC, CGT, FO, and UNSA trade unions. The text, effective June 1 for a duration of two years and seven months, formalizes the mutual insurer’s ethical commitments on AI and provides resources for social dialogue in this context. “This is an important step in allowing employees to adopt th

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