On 30 March 2023 the OGBL signed the renewal of the collective bargaining agreement covering the 140 employees of Comptoir de Fers et Métaux (CFM). The agreement is valid for a period of three years, from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025.

The OGBL is pleased with the work done thanks to the commitment and involvement of the staff delegates. It should be noted that the negotiations took place in a constructive climate and led to the following improvements

• Possibility of adding the rest time generated by the overtime work to the annual recreation leave counter.
• Adding the compensatory rest generated by the employee’s work on a public holiday falling on a Sunday to the annual recreation leave counter.
• Postponement of unused legal leave until December 31 of the following year (instead of March 31).
• Formalisation and increase of benefits for employees when shopping at CFM.
• Increase in the face value of meal vouchers for all employees to 10.80 euros.
• Increase and modification of the staggering for the payment of the seniority bonus.
• Provision of a vehicle or reimbursement of travel expenses for occasional replacements.
• Possibility for employees to be assisted by a member of the staff delegation during annual appraisal interviews.
• Increase in the non-accident bonus for delivery drivers and replacement drivers.
• Formalisation of the dispensation from work granted for the afternoon of 24 December.
• Introduction of a dispensation of work for the afternoon of December 31.
• Introduction of a results bonus of up to 2000 euros gross (with a guaranteed minimum of 450 euros in gift vouchers).

Press release by the OGBL Commerce Syndicate,
April 7, 2023