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Migros offers flexible parental leave

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Migros and its social partners have successfully negotiated the new 2023–2026 National Collective Labour Agreement. For the first time, Migros will be offering flexible parental leave – including an option for the parent who is not a Migros employee. Work-life balance will be improved through various working and holiday models. Migros employees will continue to enjoy attractive terms of employment. Low-income families will receive additional non-mandatory child allowances from 1 January 2023.

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The Migros N-CLA is unmatched in Switzerland: it covers several sectors and has wide support on several levels. These include social as well as contractual partners (the Swiss Association of Commercial Employees, the Metzgereipersonal-Verband, the National Committee of the Migros Group, the personnel policy committees). The following Migros companies are covered by the new N-CLA.

Migros will also continue to take the concerns of its employees seriously. The focus of the new National Collective Labour Agreement (N-CLA) is promoting work-life balance. In addition to the already outstanding working conditions, the following benefits will now also be offered:

  • The employee’s partner can also use the last four of the 18 weeks of maternity leave

  • Paternity leave will be increased from three to four weeks

  • Option to extend maternity leave/paternity leave with unpaid leave

  • Employees have the option to purchase ten additional days of holiday per year and can also take a three-month unpaid sabbatical every five years

  • Families with a low gross household income will receive additional non-mandatory child allowances.

Migros offers paternity leave for non-employees
The remaining four of 18 weeks maternity leave can now be transferred to the person’s partner – even if they are not employed by a Migros company.

Working and holiday models at Migros
Work-life balance is supported through flexible working models as well as various options for taking holidays. The full-time workload for in-store gastronomy will be reduced to 41 hours per week.

Preferential conditions for employees
The group-wide conditions for employees now include increasing the Cumulus discounts along with the usual discounts for continuing education, fitness, recreation, banking/insurance, mobility and communication.

“We are confident that the new N-CLA offers our employees attractive terms of employment,” says Sarah Kreienbühl, member of the Executive Board. The N-CLA enters into effect on 1 January 2023.

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