The employee-employer relationship at Swiss Life is characterised by close contact between employee representatives and the Corporate Executive Board.
Since 1996, Swiss Life has had a European Works Council (pursuant to EU Directives 94/45/EC and 2009/38/EC). The ten-person “Europa Forum”, a committee comprising delegates from four countries, meets regularly with representatives of the Corporate Executive Board at ordinary and extraordinary meetings. It deals with transnational information and consultation on topics which affect all Swiss Life employees. The focal points for 2022 were the Swiss Life 2024 Group-wide programme, “New Work” (modern and flexible forms of work and work organisation, such as teleworking) and economic developments in crisis situations.
Rights of association and the right to collective bargaining are guaranteed by local legislation (EU Charter Art. 12, Swiss Federal Constitution Art. 23); they form the basis for internal guidelines. Collective bargaining agreements exist in France, Germany and Luxembourg (GRI 102-41).
Swiss Life in Switzerland |
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Number of works council members, dispensation for committee work and area of responsibility Nine members; the chairwoman enjoys up to 20% work dispensation for work on the staff committee, the vice chairwoman up to 15% and the members up to 10%. |
Swiss Life in France |
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Agreements signed Elections to the staff council were held electronically in January 2019. A new business and social committee was established. It has four sub-committees: “Occupational health and safety”, “Business and strategy”, “Social affairs” and “Workplace learning”. Elections are held every four years.
No further agreements were concluded in 2022. |
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Collective bargaining agreements 98% of employees are subject to a collective bargaining agreement. |
Swiss Life Asset Managers in France |
Works council elections were held in April 2022. The new works council consists of eleven full members and nine deputies. Special training was provided for the newly elected employee representatives to help them carry out their mandate. The works council set up various subcommittees on the topics of “Occupational safety and health protection”, “Social and cultural activities” and “Continuing training”. Two works council representatives were elected by the works council members to the company’s Supervisory Board. A total of 13 meetings were held. Elections are held every four years. Four agreements have been concluded::
Wage negotiations for 2023 started in November and will be concluded at the beginning of December. |
Number of works council members, dispensation for committee work and area of responsibility Every ordinary works council member is entitled to a maximum of 22 hours per month. The number of hours of delegation for employee representation on the works council depends on the size of the company's workforce. The use of these delegation hours is at the discretion of the elected representatives. The trade union representative's time allowance is 18 hours per month. The works council appointed a sexual harassment advisor, who is responsible in particular for advising, informing and supporting employees in combating sexual harassment and sexist behaviour. The company has also appointed a representative. |
Collective bargaining agreements 100% of employees are subject to a collective bargaining agreement. |
Swiss Life in Germany |
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Swiss Life Germany: Swiss Life branch for Germany, Swiss Life Partner Service- und Finanzvermittlungs- GmbH and SLPM Schweizer Leben PensionsManagement GmbH Agreements signed
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Finanzvermittlungs GmbH and SLPM Schweizer Leben PensionsManagement GmbH) is composed as follows:
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Collective bargaining agreements & works agreement 47% of employees are subject to a tariff collective bargainging agreement. |
Swiss Life Asset Managers GmbH in Germany |
Works council elections were held at Swiss Life Asset Managers Germany on 13 January 2022. A new works council was elected. Swiss Life Asset Management GmbH currently consists of eleven members of the works council; the part-time chairperson has dispensation for her work. Due to the efforts to harmonise all issues relevant to co-determination, the Group works council is almost exclusively responsible for negotiating within the Group |
Works council of the KVG (capital management company) The KVG works council was first constituted in spring 2022 and consists of three members, with no (not even partial) dispensation. The works council only started its work a few months ago, but as a first step it has already adapted the Group works agreement on GPS, including the associated agreement on transitioning to the new GPS bonus system. Group Works council The Group works council consists of four members drawn from the above-mentioned works councils (two from the KVG, two from Swiss Life Asset Managers). The chairperson of the Collective bargainging agreement & work agreement The collective bargaining agreement was terminated on 31 December 2021. All employees who joined the organisation in 2022 are not subject to any collective bargaining agreement regulations. The retroactive effect of the tariff contract in accordance with § 4, cl. 5 of the Collective Agreements Act applied to a small group of employees. The employees affected by this will be transferred to employment contracts with Swiss Life Asset Managers GmbH with effect from 1 January 2023, thus officially ending the retroactive effect. |
Swiss Life in Luxembourg |
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Number of works council members, dispensation for committee work and area of responsibility The Swiss Life Products team (Luxembourg) S.A. has reached the threshold of 15 employees and thus selected its own employee representation in 2019. Collective bargainging agreement |
Swiss Life Asset Managers in Luxembourg |
Agreements signed The staff committee of Swiss Life Asset Managers Luxembourg was newly elected in March 2019. Quarterly meetings are held with the Executive Board. No formal agreements were reached between the staff committee and the Executive Board in 2020. |
All delegates work without dispensation. |
elipsLife Netherlands |
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Agreements signed An industry collective bargaining agreement applies to all employees within elipsLife Netherlands. The current agreement is valid from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2023. The works council meets with the employer at least twice a year. In 2022, both a new home working agreement and a new regulation regarding working time flexibility were signed, enabling employees to better reconcile their work and free time. |
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