A campaign promise of candidate Hollande, the “generation contract” enforced by the national cross-industry agreement of October 19, 2012, has 3 objectives: permanent recruitment for young people; maintaining or recruiting seniors; and transferring knowledge and know-how. It is on the third point that big groups affective by massive retirements have innovated the most, mentoring being the cornerstone of the system. For their part, unions mostly defended recruitment volumes. Overview based on the experiences of 4 companies: GDF SUEZ, Thales, Orange and Seb. (Ref. 130811)
“This agreement is a great opportunity to do a full panorama of what exists, of getting organizations and mindsets to change having regard to seniors. It opens up new tracks for us,” summarized Nicolas Lefébure, director of social relations at GDF SUEZ, who negotiated the group’s agreement on the generation contract signed on September 25, 2015. Other businesses that also finalized their text this summer or fall – especially Thales, Orange and Seb (1) – agree with this view. Indeed, they...
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