We respect the employees’ right to associate and we run continuous dialogue with our Social Partners. As part of this dialogue, we negotiate settlements, agreements or other documents with trade unions in Orange Polska S.A. There is also the Employee Council in the Company, which pursuant to mandatory regulations is consulted on matters related to the level, structure and intended changes of workforce, actions aimed at maintaining the workforce level, as well as any significant changes in work organisation or employment terms.
The Intragroup Collective Labour Agreement has been concluded with Social Partners in Orange Polska S.A., which regulates, inter alia, the rules for concluding and terminating employment contracts, working hours, holiday entitlement, rules of remuneration and obtaining extra benefits connected with work, occupational safety and health issues, training, social care and health care.
Furthermore, the Management Board of Orange Polska S.A. concludes Social Agreements with its Social Partners. The current Social Agreement was concluded in December of 2021 for the years 2022–2023. In particular, it sets the number of voluntary departures, determines a financial package for employees leaving the Company under the voluntary departure scheme, and provides for potential basic salary rises and additional compensation for employees reaching retirement age within the next four years, while specifying the position and role of internal mobility in supporting an allocation programme and offering participation in an outplacement programme. In addition, the Social Agreement for 2022–2023 provides for initiatives for a friendly work environment and continuation of medical coverage. Orange Polska S.A. also declared that in 2022–2023 it would maintain the training budget at the previous year’s level.
Furthermore, the Settlement with the Social Partners concluded on 7 December 2021, determined the detailed procedures for the implementation of the Social Agreement for 2022–2023 in 2022.
The Settlement set the number of employees to leave Orange Polska S.A. in 2022 at 760 and determined the terms of voluntary departures, the amount of severance pay and additional compensation for employees departing in 2022. The Settlement also specified the principles and criteria to be applied by the employer in the process of selecting employees whose employment is to be terminated through no fault of the employee.
In addition, there is a Collective Labour Agreement at TP Teltech sp. z o.o.
