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.
On 1 December 2022, Teleperformance and UNI Global Union signed a global agreement with commitments on freedom of association, health and safety, content moderation, and positive relations.
The agreement covers the company’s 440,000 employees in 88 countries worldwide.
Since December 2022, employees in Viseo can define their place of work, either face-to-face or remotely (at VISEO or clients' premises), according to their operational and personal constraints, without any imposed limit of days.
Ford Motor Company has launched the JobShare Connect app in Europe to help employees find potential partners for job shares.
Employees now have the opportunity to find someone to share their job with – either internally or externally – by using a web-based matchmaking tool, creating a profile, searching for suitable colleagues, and then contacting potential partners.
On 7 October 2022, Prism'emploi adopted an agreement for its permanent employees on the management of jobs and skills (gestion prévisionnelle des emplois et des compétences,GPEC).
On 16 November 2022, Wipro Limited announced the agreement with employee representatives on setting up a European Works Council (EWC), becoming the first Indian company to set up European works councils for its workers in Europe.
The agreement was successfully negotiated with employee representatives from 13 different countries and was formally signed on 15 September 2022.
In 2020, Microsoft launched in Switzerland the Skills for Switzerland learning platform, aiming to help job seekers, students, and the wider Swiss workforce gain the foundational, role-based, and technical skills needed nowadays.
On 30 November 2022, Microsoft and LinkedIn announced the next step in the Skills for Jobs programme, providing people free access to 350 courses and six new Career Essentials Certificates for six of the most in-demand jobs in the digital economy (Administrative Professional, Project Manager, Business Analyst, Systems Administrator, Software Developer or Data Analyst).
On 25 November 2022, Lavazza Group signed the new company agreement with the united union representation of the management centre and the Fai-Cisl and Uila-Uil organisations.
It widely expands the corporate welfare package for the three-year period 2023-2025., seeking a work-life balance for all employees.