A good agreement that strengthens staff purchasing power

On May 12, 2023, the OGBL, as union spokesperson at Auchan Retail Luxembourg (12 seats out of 13 on the staff delegation) and the LCGB signed an agreement with Auchan management on the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement applying to the company’s 1,219 employees.

The new collective bargaining agreement will run for 36 months, from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025.

The agreement, signed after several months of negotiations, updates the salary scale, which had largely been overtaken by changes in the social minimum wage. Thanks to this adjustment, employees will benefit from salary increases ranging from 35 to 90 euros per month. In January 2025, additional salary increases of up to 25 euros per month are also scheduled.

For the first time, the agreement provides for fixed intervals between different positions on the salary scale. This will prevent the scale from being overtaken by the social minimum wage in the future, and will also ensure that all salaries evolve when the social minimum wage rises.

The agreement also provides for an increase in the bonus for Sunday work, from 70% to 80%, with the exception of six Sundays a year, which are paid at 220%.

An additional day’s seniority leave for employees with more than 25 years’ service has also been granted. In addition, the anti-harassment procedure will be reworked.

Finally, an “inflation” gift voucher to the value of 75 euros will be paid to all staff over the coming weeks.

Throughout the negotiations, the OGBL delegation kept staff closely involved. An initial proposal by management, which did not include fixed intervals in the salary scale, was rejected by a large majority of employees. Following this vote, management came back with an improved proposal.

The OGBL would like to thank all employees for their involvement, and underlines the exemplary commitment of the staff delegates. The OGBL is also satisfied with this excellent agreement, which reinforces the purchasing power of staff in a sustainable way.

Press release from the OGBL Commerce Syndicate,
May 12, 2023