Responding to the call of the negotiating parties and on behalf of work, Elisabeth Borne promised on Monday February 20 to transcribe into law an agreement concluded between employee unions and employers’ unions on the “sharing of value”, which generalizes measures of profit-sharing or participation in companies. “We will respect the compromise reached between the social partners and we will propose the faithful and full transcription of this agreement into law”, declared the Prime Minister, describing this agreement as “very rich” and “historic” for SMEs .
This agreement, which extends to all companies with more than 11 employees and should be included in the draft law on “full employment” which should be presented in the spring, is open for signature by trade unions and employers’ organizations until See you on Wednesday. Among the five employee unions involved in the negotiation, the CFDT and the CFTC have already announced their intention to sign it. The CFE-CGC seems more reluctant, as does the CGT.
“We are quite satisfied with the work done, even if it does not correspond to our initial ambitions,” said Karen Gournay, confederal secretary of Force Ouvrière, to Le Monde.
Ms. Borne spoke at a convention in Paris on the subject organized by the presidential party, Renaissance. “This agreement is first and foremost proof that despite the context” of the conflict between the government and the unions on the pension reform “the social dialogue continues and is bearing fruit”, rejoiced the head of government.
She hoped that the proposals expected from Renaissance, if they are issued by “the entry into force of the national interprofessional agreement, in 2025”, be “faithful to the agreement and meet the approval of all of the signatory parties”. The boss of the MoDem deputies, Jean-Paul Mattei, author of an amendment rejected by the executive to tax more “super dividends”, considered “essential to stick as much as possible” to the agreement of the social partners, while Louis Vogel (Horizons) pleaded for “greater individualization” of incentive schemes.
Medef warns against any “unraveling”
At the end of November, Renaissance had advocated the introduction of a mandatory “employee dividend” scheme for all companies, as well as a “super participation” for companies with at least 50 employees making “super dividends”.
Medef boss Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux expressed the wish on Sunday that the government “take over this agreement” as it is on the grounds that “any unraveling” would be “a stab in the back of the social partners”. CFDT Secretary General Laurent Berger also demanded on Monday that the agreement be “respected in Parliament”, otherwise “it would be a tripping up of social democracy. There’s been too much lately to start over.”
