Telefónica sets a minimum of 4,600 departures in its new offer for the ERE of the three large subsidiaries

Management and unions of Telefónica begin to bring closer positions in the negotiation of the employment regulation file (ERE) with a new meeting to measure the adjustment in the three main subsidiaries – Telefónica España, Móviles and Soluciones – which has resulted in “relevant progress” and “substantial discrepancies” according to union sources. In the foreground, the company’s proposal maintains the maximum number of departures is 5,040 workers but it offers to establish a floor of 4,600 departureslimit beyond which exits cannot be forced.

The proposal is concentrated for the three companies that are adhered to the Collective Agreement of Companies linked to Telefónica (CEV) and concentrate the bulk of the adjustment proposed with 3,649 departures on Telefónica de España; 1,124 in Telefónica Móviles; and 267 from Telefónica Soluciones. In UGT, the minimum number of departures now proposed is considered insufficient and they require “reduce this figure in order to avoid the application of forced measures”. “We defend that volunteers should be accepted until the surplus initially proposed by the company is covered,” they allege.

In more detail, in its new proposal the company accepts extend the special agreement with Social Security up to two years before the legal ordinary retirement agewith the limit of 65 years and maintains the requirement of 15 years of seniority throughout the duration of the plan, making voluntary enrollment options more flexible. However, the company conditions this measure for the worker to reach said seniority at the effective time of departure.

On the other hand, UGT considers the limit of 35% of departures in non-surplus areas is insufficient if the structure and profiles retained in the 2024 ERE are counted, which is why it asks to exclude them from the calculation to expand voluntary affiliation. The union also demandsincrease 35% in surplus areasguarantee transparency about future retained profiles and prioritize those who were retained in the previous process. Besides, disagrees with the business offer of job creation -limited to 7%- and requires raising it to at least 10%.

The negotiation continues its course after resuming this Tuesday with a new proposal for three of the seven affected subsidiaries – Telefónica Global Solutions, Telefónica Innovación Digital and Telefónica SA, the parent company – with an additional decrease of another 5% that leaves on the table a 10% reduction in total volume with 676 outlets (126 in Solutions, 210 in Digital Innovation and 340 in Telefónica SA). In addition to reducing the impact, the company accompanied its proposal with a battery of improvements in conditions, among which the most notable possibility of joining the adjustment to the template born in 1971 (in addition to the one born in 1970 and earlier) and a new income table.