On 18 May the world leader in energy management and automation solutions together with the European union federation, IndustriAll Europe, signed an agreement with that ‘sets out the minimum shared principles, which may serve as a frame of reference for all of the European entities with the aim of encouraging forward planning in anticipation and development of jobs and their possible impacts on the situation of the employees of the Group.’
A decade ago in 2007 Schneider Group signed one of the first change management agreements (c.f. article No. 070626) that contains commitments over anticipating changes in jobs and competencies, and these have been taken back up and developed in this revised agreement. In a joint statement published by the signatory parties they underline that the agreement looks to:
- ‘offer visibility on the European employment strategy to our social partners and employees;
- maintain career development throughout the entire time spent by the employees in the company to enable them to adapt to changes made in accordance with its strategy
- ensure that the key skills in our company are preserved and adapted to changes
- encourage a real culture of competencies development by way of at least seven hours of training per year per worker
- build the future through dynamic management of the age pyramid by integrating young people trained in our business activities that are digitally literate and able to meet the demands of our future customers.’
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