On Monday night, Masorange presented to the unions his final proposal at the ERE negotiation table, which reduces the exits at 650, 18.4% less than the 795 initially proposed, as sources from CCOO and UGT informed Servimedia after the meeting.
Las early retirements would be lowered to 56 years, with seniority equal to or greater than 9 years also for those aged 57 years, and for employees aged 58 to 62 with seniority equal to or greater than 5 years.
As regards the compensation those affected 63 years of age or older will receive 20 days per year worked and a limit of 12 monthly payments.
In the case of the forced discharges, The compensation will be up to 45 days per year and a maximum of 24 monthly payments.
If the output is volunteer there will be up to 47 days also with 24 monthly payments.
The company will also give a bonus to those who voluntarily join 3,000 euros for people with experience of less than 8 years, 8,000 for those with experience between 9 and 12 years and 15,000 for those with experience of more than 12 years. There will be a ceiling on compensation of 300,000 euros.
If an agreement is not reached, the company warns that the ERE will be executed with the minimum conditions established by law of 20 days per year worked and 12 monthly payments.
EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE
The company’s offer includes employment guarantee until December 31, 2025, temporary maintenance of health insurance and safeguarding of damages for workers with family members with disabilities of 65% or more, partners of workers in the company, victims of gender violence and pregnant women.
Company sources highlighted to Servimedia that “the final proposal has improved substantially in all areas, with the number of people affected dropping to 650 people, compensation is above unfair dismissal, with 47/34 days per year worked, with a limit of 24 months, and we also encourage voluntariness with bonuses that range from 3,000 to 15,000 euros, depending on the years of seniority. Regarding early retirements, they highlight that the access age is also lowered to 56 years of age, with 80% of the net regulatory salary.
The unions are now going to evaluate the final conditions proposed by the company in a meeting of their staff, and have scheduled a new meeting with management for this Wednesday, one day before the one-month negotiation period ends.
A UGT spokesperson told Servimedia about the latest offer that “It’s not what the squad expected.” but it improves in some aspects those signed by other operators.
From CCOO they stated that “we are going to analyze it but many important aspects separate us from reaching an agreement.”