Despite opposition from Medef, an agreement on the universal time savings account is on track – Libération

Emmanuel Macron’s campaign promise, the creation of a universal time savings account (Cetu) that will allow workers to save leave throughout their careers, has a good chance of becoming the subject of an agreement between several trade unions and an employers’ organization next Tuesday. A week after the collapse of negotiations on seniors’ employment, four trade union organizations and the Union of Local Businesses (U2P) – which represents craftsmen, traders and the professions – reached an agreement on the issue in just a few hours yesterday.

‘We have reached a draft agreement that is not moving now’ Isabelle Mercier (CFDT) declared to the press, believing that her union had done so “very well understood”. “We have a text that has been stabilized,” added the U2P negotiator, Jean-Christophe Repon. “We came to get new rights for workers” And “We are satisfied with the establishment of a base” creating such rights, said Anne Chatain of the CFTC.

According to the Parisianthe text states that an employee can set aside his unused paid leave after four weeks. This means a maximum of one week per year if he only enjoys five weeks of leave per year. RTT days could also be reserved, as could overtime, bonuses – except those related to difficult working conditions – or even all value-sharing arrangements.

The draft agreement stipulates that Cetu must be open to all employees and can be mobilized without seniority conditions to help a loved one or after the arrival of a child, or after one year in the case of associative commitment, and after three years for another reason. It will be transferable from one company to another and account management will be provided by the Caisse des Dépôts.

The CFE-CGC reiterated its criticism on this point: this executive union believes that outsourcing the management of Cetu will cause financing problems. The organization is unlikely to sign it, the negotiator said.

Medef and CPME mugs

Cetu’s project had been excluded by Medef and CPME from the wider draft agreement on life at work, which ended in failure last week. The two employers’ organizations announced on Monday that they would not come on Tuesday. For them, that’s what negotiation is “rounded” And “It is inconceivable that discussions on all the topics already discussed will continue, including on vocational retraining,” also on the discussion menu.

Medef’s senior employment negotiator, Hubert Mongon, also announced that his organization would oppose the extension of the agreement, that is, its entry into force. But the organizations interested in Cetu explained that their goal was to include the contents of the agreement in a bill. The invited CGT did not come on Tuesday due to the meeting of the confederal executive committee. Still, she could participate in the negotiating session in a week. A new meeting is planned to finalize the agreement and finalize a new text on professional retraining.