France Telecom-Orange signed an agreement on the organization of experiments with a view to improving working conditions.

M2 PRESSWIRE-July 11, 2011-: France Telecom-Orange signed an agreement on the organization of experiments with a view to improving working conditions(C)1994-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

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On 7 July 2011, France Telecom-Orange signed an agreement on the organization of experiments to with a view to improving working conditions with CFDT, CFTC and CGT, representing 56 % of the votes cast during recent workforce elections. This agreement is part of the "Conquests 2015" business plan and the Group's new social contract, one of whose priorities of which is to improve the quality of worklife.

the purpose of the agreement is to:

define a national framework for negotiating the organization of experiments locally (primary establishment, secondary establishment, subsidiary).the objective of these experiments is to significantly improve working conditions for all of the Group's employees.

the agreement is a first step in negotiations on "improving working conditions", with the parties agreeing to continue negotiations, particularly on the working environment and workstation

The proposed experiments should be designed to prevent psychosocial risks and improve working conditions. They may be proposed by Management and by at least two locally representative labour organizations.

The organization of the experiments will be subject to local negotiations with locally representative labour organizations.

Each experiment must specify the initial conditions, desirable changes/improvements, objectives of the experiment, scope of the experiment, employees involved, duration of the experiment (maximum of one year), the criteria used to assess the experiment, etc.

Indicators will be identified for each experiment and followed up to assess its economic, qualitative and social efficiency.

At the completion of the experiments, a report will be drawn up, presented and discussed with the representative labour organizations having signed the local agreement. The report on these experiments will serve to identify areas for consideration and actions to widely institute new ways of working.

Group HR Director Bruno Mettling said "I am delighted by the signature of this agreement, which is integral to the negotiations on stress opened in 2009 and an important milestone in implementing the new social contract."

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About Orange France Telecom-Orange is one of the world's leading telecommunications operators with 170,000 employees worldwide, including 102,000 employees in France, and sales of 11.2 billion euros in the first quarter 2011. Present in 35 countries, the Group had a customer base of 215.9 million customers at 31 March 2011, including 141.6 million customers under the Orange brand, the Group's single brand for internet, television and mobile services in the majority of countries where the company operates. At 31 March 2011, the Group had 156.7 million mobile customers and 13.9 million broadband internet (ADSL, fibre) customers worldwide. Orange is one of the main European operators for mobile and broadband internet services and, under the brand Orange Business Services, is one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multinational companies.

With its industrial project, "conquests 2015", Orange is simultaneously addressing its employees, customers and shareholders, as well as the society in which the company operates, through a concrete set of action plans. These commitments are expressed through a new vision of human resources for employees; through the deployment of a network infrastructure upon which the Group will build its future growth; through the Group's ambition to offer a superior customer experience thanks in particular to improved quality of service; and through the acceleration of international development

France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is listed on Euronext Paris (compartment A) and on the New York Stock Exchange.

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