On 24 March, after tense negotiations, the management of telecommunications group Orange (72,000 employees in France) and the CFDT, CFE-CGC and CGT trade unions finally signed a new collective agreement for 2025-2027, offering several improvements with regard to the employment of people with disabilities. These include changes to the specific end-of-career scheme and new measures to improve accessibility to premises.
On 24 March, Orange and the CFDT, CFE-CGC and CGT unions renewed their agreement on the employment and integration of people with disabilities for a further three years. Under this agreement, which will apply from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2027, the telecommunications company commits to achieving an employment rate for people with disabilities that exceeds the legal requirement of 6% over the term of the agreement and sets an annual target of at least 4% of permanent hires, 2.6% of fixed-term contracts and 2.6% of work-study positions. In order to encourage applications from work-study students with disabilities, the possibility of granting such individuals a support bonus of €500 gross will be considered.
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Nathalie Tran
Editor-in-Chief Mind HR