Korian Strengthens Social Dialogue at European Level With the Signature of an Agreement to Establish a New European Company Works Council
28 Juni 2022 - 06:14PM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
In keeping with Korian SA’s (Paris:KORI) conversion to the
status of a European company, as approved by the General Meeting of
Shareholders on 22 June 2022, the company has announced the
signature of an agreement to establish a new European Works
Council. As soon as its members are appointed at the end of 2022,
it will replace the European Works Council set up in June 2020. In
order to assist them in the negotiations, the members of the
special negotiating group representing the Korian Group’s employees
were supported by the European Federation of Public Services Trade
Unions (EPSU), which represents national and European trade union
federations in this business sector, and which will continue to
assist the members of the Council for the duration of the
agreement. Currently, Korian is the only company in its sector to
have set up a European Company Works Council. The Council will be
made up of 20 employee representatives appointed by the trade
unions.1
The agreement is the result of the discussions that took place
in six negotiating sessions between December 2021 and June 2022,
and, among other things, strengthens the role of its select
committee by proposing four meetings of that committee per year
(rather than two), thus facilitating consultation on subjects not
requiring the involvement of the full Council. It also introduces
consultation thresholds depending on the importance and impact of
the subjects submitted, and clarifies the list of subjects open to
information and consultation. Finally, the agreement confirms the
presence of “observers” such as cooperatives, in Italy (where they
were already represented under the previous agreement) and in the
United Kingdom.
The new agreement also improves the training of delegates, with
a minimum of two days of training per year, in line with the
previous agreement, which has offered them training on European
works councils (in 2020), gender equality (in 2021), and
environmental issues (in 2022).
The Council’s plenary meetings (two per year) will enable
quality dialogue to continue between the delegates and members of
General Management concerning the Group’s development strategy and
environmental, social and governance (ESG) policy.
Korian’s European Works Council will also continue the work
started by the previous Council, which, in particular, led to the
adoption in November 2021 of a first European agreement on health
& safety at work, including 25 measures to reduce workplace
accidents.
“Korian continues to regard the quality of social dialogue as a
priority for the company, in all countries and at various
complementary levels: at the level of every establishment as well
as at national and European level. This agreement provides
additional impetus compared to its original version, by making use
of the new advances in social dialogue at European level based on
best practice in each of our countries, and by strengthening the
culture of social dialogue at all levels,” says Rémi Boyer,
Korian’s Group Chief Human Resources & CSR Officer.
According to Jan Willem Goudriaan, General Secretary of the
European Federation of Public Services Trade Unions (EPSU): “It
should be noted that the Korian Group’s agreement represents a
first for a company in the sector and continues the work that has
been done to represent workers’ interests including within the
Board of Directors of the company. Our challenges are many to
deliver quality working conditions and quality of care.
Next publication 28 July 2022 – First
half 2022 revenue and results
About Korian
Korian, the leading European care services group for elderly and
fragile people. www.korian.com
Korian has been listed on Euronext Paris
Section A since November 2006 and is included in the following
indices: SBF 120, CAC Health Care, CAC Mid 60, CAC Mid & Small
and MSCI Global Small Cap Euronext ticker: KORI - ISIN:
FR0010386334 – Reuters: KORI.PA – Bloomberg: KORI.FP
1 In proportion to the workforce in the 6 EEA member states in
which the Korian Group operates.
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