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Restructuring and redundancy plans

Protect the decision-makers. Preserve cohesion. Hold the deadlines.

Why work with us

A redundancy plan, a site closure or the renegotiation of a company agreement exposes leadership to considerable social, media and legal pressure. Our role is to support the leadership discreetly through the negotiation with employee representative bodies, to reach a robust social agreement without escalation and within the legal deadlines.

Situations we handle

  • Redundancy plans (PSE, under French law)
  • Full or partial closure of a site
  • Renegotiating company agreements (working time, profit sharing, conditions)
  • Reorganisations with role cuts or transfers
  • Emerging from industrial action or an occupation

How we work

Our approach, step by step

01

Social diagnosis and mapping of the actors

We analyse the union balance of power, the real motivations of each organisation, and the non-negotiable points. That avoids false starts and unintended provocations.

02

Preparing the leadership

We prepare the leadership's spokespeople: stance, messages, answers to the predictable demands, handling emotion in the room. A well-prepared leadership does not make the mistakes that feed conflict.

03

Negotiation strategy with the representatives

We define the sequencing of the sessions, which concessions to make and when, and where to hold firm. The aim is a signed agreement within the legal deadlines, without setting a precedent that harms the company.

04

Managing media exposure

Some restructurings attract the media or local political actors. We help contain the exposure and protect the reputation of the company and its leaders.

Added value

What you get, concretely

  • Absolute discretion, confidential handling end to end
  • Personal protection for exposed decision-makers
  • An agreement signed within the legal deadlines, without social escalation
  • Support measures the employees see as fair
  • Fewer individual claims after the plan
100%

Of the plans we supported signed without a general strike

-60%

Individual claims vs the national average

Day 0

Availability from the restructuring decision

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