Spain: Vodafone’s new collective agreement provides for short-time working, optional working time cuts and pay cuts to avoid layoffs

for the 2012-2013 fiscal year, in return for the management’s commitment not to lay anyone off during that period. (Ref. 120162)

The UGT’s transportation and communication federation detailed, in a press release, a series of measures on the implementation of a savings plan via:

• A temporary employment regulation plan (ERE) for two weeks (short-time working) between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013 (only one week for front office staff and store clerks). The measure will affect the company’s