Home » Industrial relations » National industrial relations » France: Cargill to grant menstrual leave to female staff France: Cargill to grant menstrual leave to female staff On 19 November, the French branch of the American food corporation Cargill (155,000 employees worldwide) and its trade unions signed an agreement on professional equality. It contains measures on HR processes, grants new rights in terms of parenthood and creates a menstrual leave allowance for female employees. With this move the company, which is going through a spell of difficulty, is seeking to promote gender diversity in a sector where female representation is low. By Antoine Piel. Published on 05 December 2024 à 17h13 - Update on 05 December 2024 à 17h13 Resources Social advances amid bleak economic outlook. A few days before Cargill’s announcement on 3 December that it would be cutting 8,000 jobs worldwide (or 5% of its workforce), the details of which have yet to be worked out, French employees learned that the company had signed an agreement on professional equality in mid-November. This agreement, signed five years after the first draft,… Antoine Piel Gender equality Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst nameLast nameOrganizationFunctionemail* Object of the messageYour messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.NameThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Latest articles Longer careers: a new state of affairs for companies CSRD: social and environmental reporting market takes shape Analysis & Data Latest articles Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels
