Swissmetal extends the annual working hours agreement to the end of 2008 Dornach, 23rd April 2008 At the beginning of April, Swissmetal has reached an agreement with its works & employees council, and with its external social partners (Unia, Angestellte Schweiz and Swissmem), regarding the continuation of the annual working hours agreement for the employees based at its Dornach site.
Swissmetal has revealed that it is delighted with this mutual agreement.
Fixing the annual working hours until the end of the year means that Swissmetal now has assurances that human resources can continue to be deployed in a flexible manner, in accordance with the production requirements and that such cyclical fluctuations can be balanced out.
The parties will make a decision at the end of the year regarding further continuation of the annual working hours agreement. |