Groupe ADP has decided to enter into negotiations with the unions to adapt to reduced activity in the coming years due to the coronavirus crisis with the aim of avoiding any forced departure, the airport management group announced on Thursday. Parisians. According to information from Le Monde , the airport manager could cut 600 positions out of around 6,300.
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“ During an extraordinary works council held on July 9, employee representatives were asked to enter into negotiations with a view to adapting the economic and social model of the company. ADP SA mother , "Groupe ADP said in a press release. Management and unions are therefore preparing to negotiate a long-term partial activity agreement (APLD), a collective performance agreement (APC) and a conventional termination agreement (RCC), he said.
The APLD aims in particular to " give the greatest visibility " possible to employees who will be affected by partial unemployment measures. Between 60 and 65% of employees are still in partial activity (80% during confinement), according to executive director general Edward Arkwright. A collective performance agreement usually involves lowering wages or increasing working hours, while an RCC supervises voluntary departures.
Regarding the number of positions that could be cut, " we absolutely want to give every chance to negotiation, " said AFP Edward Arkwright, according to whom " the objective is to preserve the maximum employment, skills and to save this structure ”. " Without being set in stone, " management intends to conclude negotiations " by the end of September, " he added.
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The company has given itself three years (2021-2023) to have " a possibility of returning to profitable and sustainable growth ". It believes that air traffic should only return to its 2019 level between 2024, in an optimistic scenario, and 2027, in a " fairly pessimistic " hypothesis .
