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nP Paribas/bahraïn
parenthood: pilot initiatives
in france
the group has adopted a range of
family-friendly initiatives and developed
partnerships aimed at assisting employees
who are or about to become
parents:
— the eleven-day paternity leave available
to employees of bnP Paribas sa
comes with full pay in order to encourage
fathers to fulfil their parenting
role;
— crèches and concierge services are
provided at bnP Paribas securities
services and bnP Paribas assurance.
bnP Paribas assurance provides
around 30 places in its crèches. both
subsidiaries have established partnerships
in france to provide children’s
leisure activities on wednesdays and
during the school holidays;
— the mixcity women’s network produced
two brochures for employees:
“group agreement on gender equality
in the workplace” and “maternity
or adoption”;
equality for employees
in married and civil
partnership couples
since 1 January 2009, as part of bnp paribas sa’s
commitments to promoting diversity and parenthood,
the bank has extended the same parental leave rights
to employees in civil partnership couples as those in
marriages. this non-discrimination measure follows
on from the signature by bnp paribas
of a “parenthood charter” in 2008.
— the group has formed a partnership
with fePem, an association of inhome
employers in the Paris region,
to advise group employees in france
on the formalities of day-care: filing
requirements for the hiring of care
providers, collective agreements
covering in-home workers, family
allowance benefits, entitlements to
reduced rates of social security contributions
and income tax, etc;
— the group contributed to the publication
of a guide on promoting
parental responsibility among male
employees by orse (observatory on
corporate social responsibility) issued
in november 2008. the guide was distributed
to employees in france.
these initiatives were favourably received
both by male and female employees.
in 2009, the group became a corporate
member of the french “Parenthood
observatory”, an organisation which
seeks to promote work-life balance for
parents.
france’s high council
for the family
the high council for the
Family, in France, is
chaired by the prime
minister. its purpose
is to coordinate familyfriendly
policies and
to monitor changes in
social, economic and
demographic patterns.
the 52 council members
are drawn from family
organisations, employee
representative bodies,
regional authorities,
social security funds
and national
government. seven
expert members are
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employment and
integration of persons
with disabilities in france
integration of persons with disabilities
is a key aspect of the group’s commitment
to social responsibility. to this end,
the group strives to retain disabled employees
and to be more effective in hiring
disabled professionals.
implementation of the 2008
agreement on employment
of persons with disabilities
year two of the implementation of the
agreement on the employment of persons
with disabilities for the 2008-2012
period saw the approval of an action
plan for the recruitment of disabled employees
and a target of hiring at least
170 disabled employees by the end of
2011. the plan is being implemented in
partnership with agefiph, the french
agency responsible for collecting employer
social security contributions. it will
focus initially on disabled persons who
have had uncommon career paths and
varied professional experience outside
the banking industry. the plan includes
measures to facilitate the integration of
disabled employees and provide training
which is appropriate to their careers.
as from 1 july 2009, the group’s Human
resources department has borne the
cost of payroll expenses for disabled
employees who are newly hired under
permanent and fixed-term contracts
for the first twelve months of their employment.
this initiative is designed to
encourage operational entities to take
part in the scheme.
in italy, bnl has introduced measures to
provide increased support for employees
with disabilities, particularly in the areas
of ca reer planning, workplace
ergonomics and information. in 2009,
52 persons with disabilities were hired
by bnl, bringing the total number of
disabled professionals employed by the
italian subsidiary to 509.
appointed up a
recommendation
by the french minister
with responsibility for
family affairs.
on 30 July 2009,
the director of human
Resources of
bnp paribas personal
finance was appointed
as an expert member
by the minister with
responsibility for family
affairs and will
participate in
the deliberations
of the council.