Telefónica reduces those affected by the ERE to 3,560 and raises the income limit to 65%

A few hours after the emergence of Sepi as the company’s future largest shareholder. Telefónica improves the conditions of the Employment Regulation File (ERE) by raising the income ceiling to 65% and cutting those affected by 400 to 3,560. UGT values ​​the changes but asks for a further reduction in the number of employees included and an improvement in the structure to increase voluntariness, assuming that there will be forced departures. The two main union organizations praised the entry of the State and hoped that this movement would imply total voluntariness in the collective dismissal.

The scale with which the staff will measure this ERE is with the previous individual suspension plan (PSI), where there was total voluntariness – without universality, as there were vetoes in critical areas – and a limit of 68% of the gross salary until age of joy The economic figures are getting closer, but it has not yet reached those levels. That ceiling started at 60% and this Tuesday 65% ​​was put on the table. But the limit of 63 years is still maintained – with a very relevant reduction from that age to 65 for retirement.

As for voluntariness, that was one of the initial red lines that the worker representatives put on the table, but the company maintains its intention to resort to forced dismissals in case the number of departures is not met (and in the areas) that they had planned. UGT implicitly assumes that there will not be total voluntariness. He insists that a “last effort is needed to reduce the impact and improve the conditions offered in order to achieve maximum voluntariness.” But the reality is that force will continue to fly.

As for the final number of those affected, this has been cut again following the request of the unions. It has gone from 3,950 to 3,559. The organizations had asked for it to be reduced in order to include in the negotiation the possibility of incorporating voluntary departures of employees in critical areas in which the operator had vetoed any movement. Even with the reduction, this impact represents around 20% of the current workforce of the three subsidiaries in Spain (Telefónica de España, Móviles and Soluciones).