Safran establishes European social base for superior work-life balance

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On 17 February, the management of Safran and the IndustriALL Europe trade union signed a European framework agreement for a better work-life balance. This text, applicable for a period of five years, establishes a common social base for its 60,000 employees in the European Union, Switzerland, Norway and the United Kingdom. Its objective is to build a supportive framework that facilitates parenthood and providing care to relatives.
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The aerospace and defence group Safran and IndustriALL Europe have struck a five-year European agreement on work-life balance that establishes a common social base designed to facilitate parenthood and providing care to relatives. To this end, the signatories intend to offer a general framework of “goodwill” by raising awareness of these issues among teams so that family plans have no negative impact on career and salary. The text, in force from 1 January 2025, is in line with the...

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