Last month, Airbus announced its intention to recruit 13,000 people worldwide this year, of which 7,000 will be net job creations. This Monday, the European group specified that 3,500 of these hires would be made in France. Of this total, 2,300 hires will concern commercial aircraft, 700 defense and space, and 500 helicopters.
“Half represents the replacement of natural departures, the other half of job creations,” said Thierry Baril, director of human resources. The same number of recruitments had already been made last year, in particular to respond to the ramp-up of its aircraft production and to prepare green aircraft technologies.
Same rules for the 48,000 employees in France
An announcement made on the sidelines of the signing of an agreement with trade unions in France overhauling the various company agreements. Three of the four representative organizations (FO, CFE-CGC and CFTC) validated the “Reload” agreement a few days ago, recasting in ten texts common to the whole group the 174 agreements in force since the 1970s, explained the French director of human resources, Mikaël Butterbach.
This relates to social protection, working time, holidays or remuneration. The “same rules” will now apply to the group’s 48,000 or so employees in France, whether they work in the Commercial Aircraft, Defense and Space or Helicopters division. They will apply from 1 January 2024.
Employees will, for example, be able to benefit from five additional days for the arrival of a child, “12 days to support caring employees”, an improved health and provident agreement, detailed Mikaël Butterbach. In return, the working time is annualized, the paid retirement notice goes from two to three months.