The English Court has finally agreed with the unions a total of 630 incentivized redundancies for people over 59 years of age, as well as the transfer to commercial establishments of 1,470 employees in central and regional service areas. Both parties have informed through a statement this Monday around midnight that they have reached an agreement with the unions on the process of reorganization of the workforce that El Corte Inglés announced a little over a month ago.
With the agreement reached today is reduced to 2,100 employees affected for this plan, compared to the 2,324 that had been initially raised. The company’s objective with this plan is to “strengthen the stores, attend to the good evolution of sales and improve customer care and service”. “The modernization and development of processes and systems experienced in recent times -he adds- has led to an optimization of management models, which, in the case of our company, translates into the need to reorganize central services to strengthen commercial establishments.
According to the Intercentre Committee, an increase has also been established in the event of refusing the termination of the contract above the legal maximum, both in days of compensation and in the maximum number of months. In addition, it ensures that the company’s proposals have been expanded in terms of the percentage of salary applied to leave from the age of 59, as well as the formula of capitalizing all the amounts in a single payment, making immediate liquidity available to the people who voluntarily use this formula. The period of acceptance of the plan in regard to incentivized terminations establishes a limit of 21 days from the moment the company notifies it.
Regarding the transfers, the union part details that it will be guaranteed that the plan does not affect vulnerable groups, 50% of the personal supplement will be maintained with a maximum limit of 3,000 euros, as well as the seniority supplementand a notice of two months will be given before the incorporation for personnel with children under 12 years of age, among other guarantees.
The execution period for this process is until February 28, 2025, adds the Intercentres Committee in a statement, which highlights the fact that, after the negotiation, the total number of workers affected by this has been reduced by 854. staff reorganization plan.