Voluntary adherence to the labor regulation file (BEFORE) raised by PlusOrange out of 650 workers so far, there are 457 registered and there are only a few hours left before the registration deadline, which ends at 11:59 p.m. this Wednesday.
“At the follow-up meeting of the MásOrange ERE, today (Wednesday November 13) at 5 p.m., the data proposed are 457 volunteers ratified: 151 early retirements and 306 compensations. This represents 70.3% volunteering compared to agreed departures. A significant number who support the signing of the agreement. We will monitor the application of the selection criteria for possible forced (layoffs) that the company has the power to execute,” the sources consulted underlined.
It should be remembered that the initial registration period for the ERE ended on Wednesday compared to last week, however, the date has been postponed by a week.
At the end of the initial period, the volume of people voluntarily registered for collective redundancy at MásOrange amounted to 424 workersso this week, 33 more people signed up.
Last mid-October, MásOrange – a company resulting from the merger of Orange and MásMóvil – reached the agreement with the UGT and Fetico for this collective dismissal, which did not have the support of CCOO, which rejected the agreed terms.
In this context, it is worth recalling that MásOrange communicated its intention to execute this ERA on September 3 and that the initial approach anticipated a maximum of 795 exits after detecting “organizational duplications” on the occasion of the integration of the Orange and MásMóvil models.
However, after negotiation with the unions, the final figure was reduced to 650 employees and in the final terms of the ERE, early retirement and sick leave incentives are offered.
ERA conditions
The conditions agreed in the ERA include a compensation among 47 and 34 days per year worked with a limit of 24 monthly payments for people who join voluntarily.
As for workers who forcefully leave the company, compensation will be between 45 and 33 days per year worked with a maximum of 24 monthly payments.
On the other hand, workers with less than eight years in the company and who voluntarily present themselves to the ERE will receive a bonus of 3,000 euros, a figure which increases to 8,000 euros for employees with seniority of between nine and 12 years and which increases to 15,000 euros for those who worked in the company. company for over 12 years.
Likewise, the compensation ceiling will be 300,000 euros, compared to 250,000 euros that the company had proposed at the previous meeting.
The agreement reached also provides that workers aged 56 to 57 with seniority in the company equal to or greater than nine years will be able to benefit from the early retirement plan, while, in the case of people aged 58 to 62 years, seniority must be equal to or greater than five years.
Concerning the income of the plan early retirementthese are 80% of the regulatory salary.
Another element that appears in the agreement is the maintenance of health insurance for two years for employees affected by the ERE who benefit from it, while, in the event of early retirement, the maintenance of health insurance (s (they benefit from this benefit) will be up to 63 years old.
Added to this, among other things, is a guarantee of employment until June 30, 2026, even if this question is subject to “the absence of serious economic or structural reasons” which could motivate a new process of collective dismissal in the ‘business.
