The CCOO, Fagsa, Fetico, and UGT unions have reached an agreement with management for the El Corte Inglés group on the conditions for returning to work following the nationwide lockdown and the gradual reopening of the stores. Management is committed to maintaining employment and wages and to making additional effort towards employee work/life balance. In return, the employee representatives will accept a series of temporary measures ‘linked to the current situation’ to facilitate greater flexibility in terms of employees' working hours and potentially as regards employee functional (job role changes) and geographical mobility, even though the agreement already provides for non-situational and definitive mobility conditions in order to save jobs.
The El Corte Inglés retail group is preparing for a gradual resumption of business, in line with the health authorities’ lockdown relaxation timetable, which will entail successive phases of varying duration depending on the situation in the different regions. The group had been forced to close down all its businesses when lockdown commenced on 14 March, with only its supermarket business, considered as an essential service, remaining operational. On 25 March the company opted for the...
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