Home » Industrial relations » National industrial relations » France: La Poste commits to harnessing skills acquired by caregiving employees France: La Poste commits to harnessing skills acquired by caregiving employees On 12 July 2024, French postal service group La Poste signed a new agreement with the CGT, CFDT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFTC and UNSA trade unions to support its 5,200 postal workers who provide care. The agreement seeks to make it easier for staff to organise their work and grants days off to employees who have relatives with disabilities or who are losing their independence, as well as to employees who are parents of children with serious illnesses. Above all, it provides for recognition of the skills acquired through caring. By Nathalie Tran. Published on 05 September 2024 à 12h00 - Update on 05 September 2024 à 12h00 Resources The majority agreement signed at La Poste (179,000 employees in France) for the period 2024-2026 is the second agreement signed by the company and the trade unions to improve the work-life balance for postal workers who provide care. It reinforces the measures previously implemented in terms of work organisation, such as the use of teleworking, flexible working hours, paid leave of absence and the use of a ‘carers’ solidarity fund’, which allows employees to donate days off.… Nathalie Tran Collective agreementSkills 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.PhoneThis 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