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Newsletter August, 2023

Eramet creates a "Global Forum" with trade union organisations

August, 2023
  • On 5 July 2023, Eramet, a French multinational mining and metallurgy company announced the creation of a global employee representative body.
  • Eramet Global Forum will negotiate international agreements on social protection, quality of life at work, diversity, inclusion, and parenthood.

HanmiGlobal announced a new welfare policy

August, 2023
  • South Korean construction management firm HanmiGlobal announced a new welfare policy which entails additional incentives for all workers expecting a child.
  • The company’s policy is aimed to boost Korean fertility rate, which is the world lowest since 2013.
Newsletter June, 2023

Amazon introduces new flexible contracts

June, 2023
  • Amazon recently launched a new term-time contract to boost employees' flexibility, offering parents, grandparents, and guardians of school-age children the choice to work term-time only.  The contract guarantees employees’ time off during the summer, Easter and Christmas holidays to spend more time with their children.
  • Amazon also announced a new flexible part-time contract introduced following employee feedback. 
Newsletter May, 2023

Goldman Sachs ends lawsuit on gender discrimination

May, 2023
  • On 15 May 2023, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted preliminary proposal approval for one of the largest discrimination settlements in US history.
  • The lawsuit accuses Goldman of hindering women's career advancement, as the company's performance appraisal process allegedly favored men with promotions and higher salaries.
  • Goldman Sachs will pay $215 million to settle the class action lawsuit, covering approximately 2,800 females.

Generali Group signed an agreement on hybrid working

May, 2023
  • On 20 April 2023, the global insurance Generali Group, together with the unions First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca, FNA, and SNFIA, signed an agreement on hybrid working to "unlock our people potential, boost the business strategy ambition and deliver benefits to all the stakeholder involved."
  • It is the renewal of the so-called 'Next Normal' agreement of 27 July 2021 - which expired on 31 March last and was extended until 30 April next year - combining the needs of a different way of working with those of a concrete reconciliation of life and work time.
  • The new agreement version pays special attention to inclusiveness, remodeling smart working for caregivers, and the right of disconnection.
Newsletter April, 2023

Veronesi Group: renewal of the second-level integrative contract

April, 2023
  • Veronesi Group renewed the second-level integrative contract for 2023-2025 for about 5,500 people working at the AIA poultry sites.
  • The agreement was signed with the poultry coordination represented by the confederal unions of Veneto

Tesco introduced five days of paid leave for those suffering from, or at risk of, domestic violence

April, 2023
  • On 6 March 2023, Tesco Ireland announced it to provide five days of paid leave for its employee suffering domestic abuse.  
  • This important update to its current Time Off Policy will apply to its 13,000 employees.  
Newsletter March, 2023

Sodexo launched a new benefits programme for all its employees

March, 2023
  • Sodexo is launching a new employee benefits programme, Vita by Sodexo, to retain talent and avoid resignations. 
  • It provides all its eligible employees across the globe with a minimum benefits package of Parental and Care Leave, Life Insurance Benefits, and an Assistance phone line.
  • The programme will apply to Sodexo employees in the 53 countries where the company operates, although the platform providing the benefits will be introduced gradually.

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