Following the anouncement made here in Geneva. I would like to highlight a specific situation that we have with our fellow colleagues who are contractors for 5 to 6 years.
In a nutshell the customer admin contractors are in a very specific situation as they are integrated into the TR/Refinitiv workforce for years. They work in the same teams than regular employees, sharing the same supervisors, performing the same tasks , participating in the same projects and working the same hours. They also have the same badges, office equipment and supplies from the company.
BUT on the other hand there are many differences :
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important salary gap between permanent employees and contractors.
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Retirement plan discrepancy (2nd pilar as it is called in Switzerland).
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And last but not least the possible package contractors might get if they are asked to leave, according to the Swiss Law their agency is not obliged to give them anything (or a month salary if I understood it well) disregarding how long they have been working here. While permanent employees will get packages depending of their time in the company and their age.
This reminded me this post on reuters.com years ago : https://www.reuters.com/article/businesspropicks-us-findlaw-dont-treat-c/dont-treat-contractors-like-employees-idUSTRE53063S20090401
My pledge was to not forget about them.