Agreement to improve the quality of working life for employees of La Poste

The management of the French postal group, La Poste, and four trade union organisations signed a framework agreement on the quality of working life on 22 January 2013. The deal builds on the report drawn up in September 2012 by a group of experts and social partners set up after several cases of suicide took place among the company's employees.
The framework agreement on the quality of working life ("Accord-cadre sur la qualité de vie au travail à La Poste" - in French), concluded by the management of La Poste (276,000 employees in 2010) and four trade union organisations representing 48% of votes at the last workplace elections in October 2011, comprises both immediate measures and commitments concerning the commencement of future negotiations. As well as its content, what is interesting about this agreement is the way in which it had been reached. An analyze will be published soon by Eurofound.