The Swiss Post Board of Directors has voted in favour of a new, uniform redundancy plan andapproved the 2011 package of measures for the company’s staff that the postal union Kommunikation
and the employees association already agreed to last month.Since the Swiss Post collective employment contract (CEC) came into force, more than 20different redundancy plans have been negotiated until now leading to different results, the postaloperator explained. Therefore, the company decided to apply a single, uniform redundancy plan forfuture restructurings from next year onwards.
In the future, any additional negotiations between social partners as a result of internalchanges will only take place if more than 450 employees and 250 full-time jobs are affected, SwissPost stressed.
The new redundancy plan comprises four service packages. The first one helps Swiss Postemployees to find a job internally or externally while they are still employed at the company. Thethree other packages relate to the possibility of early departure including further training,self-employment or support from a recruitment consultant.
Employees aged 62 or older who are affected by a restructuring measure, are obliged to retire.Swiss Post will pay them CHF 1,700 per month (assuming they work on a 100% basis) into theirindividual savings in the pension fund. The new regulations will come into effect on 1 January2011.
In addition to the new redundancy plan, Swiss Post will implement a comprehensive package ofmeasures now approved by all parties. These include the sum of CHF 5 million for further trainingstrengthening the internal and external employability of staff. Employees aged 58 years or olderwith a basic annual salary of maximum CHF 85,000 can profit from a partial retirement modelco-financed by Swiss Post while employees aged 62 or older will have the option of taking earlyretirement. Employees subject to the Swiss Post CEC will receive a 1% salary increase as of January2011 which also concerns the temporary personnel employed under CEC
Moreover, Swiss Post will continue to pay the entire employee contribution of 1% forrestructuring the Swiss Post pension fund, as in 2010. It is setting aside 0.8% of the total salarysum for individual performance-related remuneration. Regardless of any specific operationalchanges, this package of measures for 2011 thus provides a ‘secure employment outlook’ to SwissPost employees, according to the company.
These salary measures for 2011 affect over 36,000 employees who are subject to the Swiss PostCEC.
