Swiss Post and trade unions agree on CLA
Swiss Post and the unions Kommunikation, Transfair, and Comedia have reached an agreement on a collective bargaining agreement for early-morning newspaper delivery. The approximately 10,000 employees of Presto Presse-Vertrieb will be covered by the collective bargaining agreement.
Presto is a subsidiary of Swiss Post in which the early delivery organizations acquired from Tamedia and NZZ have been merged. With the CLA, the employees are now part of a collective agreement based on social partnership. Swiss Post writes this in a press release. The CLA comes into force on March 1, 2010.
The Presto CLA restructures the early newspaper delivery sector, which until now has been poorly regulated under labor law and where employees usually only work one to two hours a day. The CLA negotiated between the four parties brings tangible improvements in social security for early delivery staff. For example, employees who are unable to work due to illness are entitled to 80 percent of the average wage for two years. Employees who work less than eight hours a week are now also insured for non-occupational accidents. Employees who meet the relevant legal requirements will also be admitted to the Swiss Post pension fund.
Furthermore, social partnership involvement in the annual wage measures is regulated. The CLA was concluded for a period of three years, and the contracting parties will conduct negotiations on its renewal in good time before it expires. The CEC applies to all employees working in early delivery. The management, executives and administrative staff of Presto Presse-Vertriebs are not subject to this CLA.
The Presto CLA restructures the early newspaper delivery sector, which until now has been poorly regulated under labor law and where employees usually only work one to two hours a day. The CLA negotiated between the four parties brings tangible improvements in social security for early delivery staff. For example, employees who are unable to work due to illness are entitled to 80 percent of the average wage for two years. Employees who work less than eight hours a week are now also insured for non-occupational accidents. Employees who meet the relevant legal requirements will also be admitted to the Swiss Post pension fund.
Furthermore, social partnership involvement in the annual wage measures is regulated. The CLA was concluded for a period of three years, and the contracting parties will conduct negotiations on its renewal in good time before it expires. The CEC applies to all employees working in early delivery. The management, executives and administrative staff of Presto Presse-Vertriebs are not subject to this CLA.
