On April 27, 2023, the OGBL signed with Mister Minit management the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement covering the company’s 20 employees specialized in shoemaking and key duplication. This collective bargaining agreement had not been renewed since 2016.

The OGBL appreciates the work accomplished thanks to the commitment and involvement of staff delegates.

The agreement is valid for two years, from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024.

In addition to the recording of various legal provisions concerning working hours and store opening hours, the following benefits have been obtained for employees:

• Introduction of seniority-related leave, i.e. 1 additional day for every 5 years of service, from 5 to 20 years of seniority.
  This provision will be phased in gradually:
• From January 1, 2023:
  1 additional day from 5 years’ seniority upwards
  2 additional days after 10 years’ service
• From January 1, 2024:
  1 extra day for employees with 5 years’ service
  2 additional days after 10 years’ service
  3 additional days after 15 years’ service
• From January 1, 2025:
  1 extra day for 5 years’ service or more
  2 additional days after 10 years’ service
  3 additional days after 15 years’ service
  4 additional days after 20 years’ service
• Increase in extra-legal per-kilometer allowance for travel from home to the workplace.
• Increase of the daily allowance for the upkeep of work clothes.
• Clarification of the criteria for granting end-of-year bonuses (e.g. in the event of retirement).
• The parties have also agreed to freeze a calculation element, which is influenced by inflation, for the calculation of commercial bonuses up to and including March 1, 2024.

Communicated by the Commerce Syndicate of the OGBL,
May 4, 2023