Thursday 14 October 2021 has De Unie had periodic consultations with Aegon. In these periodic consultations, trade unions, HR and the Central Works Council discuss current affairs and we work on the implementation of collective labor agreements. More about that below. Furthermore, there is a new representative of De Unie and get his contact details.
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Periodic consultations
Not a full agenda this time, so there was plenty of time for the topics to be discussed.
External retraining programs
Miranda Nijhuis, sustainable employability advisor at Aegon and Radboud van Hal, director of the Human Capital Group have proposed expanding the existing three sectors (education, construction and technology) for external retraining programs with ICT and public administration. This was agreed.
Research by the Research Center for Education and the Labor Market (ROA), the Dutch Association of Insurers and Aegon revealed that ICT and 'public administration' are promising sectors for the type of employee who works for insurers / Aegon. These sectors have jobs that are accessible to Aegon employees through a relatively short retraining. Aegon employees have a preference for clear / no multi-year retraining programs.
Employability in pictures
Miranda Nijhuis updated us about the 'Employability in the picture' campaign. The aim of the campaign is to increase awareness of employability and awareness. The campaign activities are organized in close collaboration with the communication department. All MTs of Aegon are visited. They receive a presentation about the employability toolkit and their role in it. Recently an activity with Mark Tuitert in the 'week of happiness at work' was a big attraction with 600 participants. The activities for Q4 and Q1 2022 are ready and still to come!
Work code
In the Aegon collective labor agreement, agreements have been made in the context of the work code for the benefit of flex workers at Aegon. Aegon has entered into a number of flex agreements, such as setting up a panel of temporary workers, increasing the labor market value of temporary workers and applying good commissioning practices when purchasing facility services. Aegon will take up a number of outstanding collective labor agreements regarding flex in the first half of 2022.
New advocate
Inge de Vries has been your representative at Aegon for several years. She recently transferred Aegon to representative Emanuel Geurts, and he transferred ING Bank to her again.
I, Emanuel Geurts, have been working at financial institutions for about 14 years, but never before at Aegon. It's nice to now delve into Aegon and experience where I can add value for you.
Contact
I can be reached by email at emanuel.geurts@unie.nl and by telephone on 06-5252 2074. If you have an individual question or need advice, please contact our Service Center via sc@unie.nl or by telephone on 0345-851 963.
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