The mobilization did not pay at Société Générale. After the announcement by email, on June 19, of the decision of the Director General, Slawomir Krupa, to bring back the number of days of teleworking throughout the bank a maximum day per week, the unions of the group had called to the strike on June 27 and then to an operation “All on site” July 3.
Rather followed movements that will not have pushed the management of Société Générale to influence its position. During a meeting with representatives of French employees on Friday, it “Informed the trade union organizations that she unilaterally denounced the January 2021 agreement”report the CFDT, the CFTC and the CGT in a joint press release.
In this context, the unions have announced that they refused to take over the negotiations while management would not plan to discuss “That on the development of the Slawomir Krupa Oukase”or a maximum day of telework per week “While 70% of employees have at least two days of telework, including 30% in Sgrf (The SG network in Franceeditor’s note) “.
Continuation of mobilization
They require on the contrary “The strict application of the agreement which allows (art 10) to bring together a support and application commission to examine, on the basis of real indicators, the possible dysfunctions that the DG would have identified to motivate its decision”. The inter -union indicates that it has slammed the door of the meeting with the management and warns “That she called on employees to amplify the protest movement”. It will meet soon to define the consequences given to it.
Unless a strong mobilization capable of bending the leaders, unions do not have other levers to prevent this revision of the policy concerning telework which could legally be implemented within 15 months.
Contacted by L’AGEFI, Société Générale confirms the denunciation of the telework agreement but does not make other comments. In an internal communication, the group has also engaged with employees that the new telework policy was not implemented before September 2026 whatever the outcome of negotiations.
An agreement in insurance
Largely inherited from the COVVI-19 pandemic, the development of remote work has experienced a backward movement in several major Western banks in recent months, like the recent decisions, more or less extreme, taken by JPMorgan, HSBC, UBS or Bank of Montreal since the beginning of the year.
In reverse of this trend, France Insurers has just announced the renewal of the branch agreement on the issue. “This framework agreement aims to facilitate and secure telework within insurance companies”notably indicates the French Insurance Federation in a press release published on July 4, while specifying that it is “Necessary to prevent certain associated risks such as the porosity between professional and private life, isolation and loss of social bond”.
While 70% of employees in the branch have access to teleworking, with 77.5 days teleworked per year on average, “It is clear that this form of work organization has largely been generalized in insurance and participates in the economic and social performance of our companies while improving the quality of life of employees”added the president of France insurers, Florence Lustman.
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