{"id":87685,"date":"2024-01-25T15:21:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T14:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/multinationales-et-protection-sociale-un-retour-de-bismarck\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T11:32:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T10:32:16","slug":"multinationales-et-protection-sociale-un-retour-de-bismarck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futuribles.com\/en\/multinationales-et-protection-sociale-un-retour-de-bismarck\/","title":{"rendered":"Global companies and social protection: a return to Bismarck?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2012, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) adopted a strategy to support the development of national social protection floors.[1]<\/a><\/sup> These floors, which are not precisely defined, must contain basic social security guarantees that ensure universal access to essential healthcare and a nationally defined minimum income. They must help to prevent and reduce poverty, vulnerability and social exclusion. According to ILO guidelines, these guarantees should be provided to all inhabitants and children, be defined by national legislation and regulations, and be subject to existing international obligations.<\/h6>\n\n\n<\/div>\n
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Social foundations for global companies, by global companies<\/h2>\n

The idea of a social protection floor has prompted multinational companies to become more involved in social protection. These large economic entities, operating in several countries, often on several continents, are familiar with local social protection needs and systems. These companies usually cover their employees in one of two ways:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Local employees are covered by the local social protection system, with its highs in rich countries and lows in poor countries.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Expatriates benefit from special schemes that allow them to be covered under more generous terms and conditions, often even more generous than those applied in the countries to which they are expatriated.<\/p>\n

Spurred on by the ILO initiative, global companies have committed to providing a resolutely international foundation for their employees, whether or not they work in a country with a high level of social protection. In 2015, the ILO and L\u2019Or\u00e9al launched The Global Business Network for Social Protection Floors<\/em><\/a>. The aim is not to implement the same social protection for the employees of all the companies involved, but to identify and encourage good practice by global companies in this area. A number of them have already got involved, including \u2014\u00a0in addition to L\u2019Or\u00e9al and its pioneering Share and Care<\/em><\/a> programme\u00a0\u2014 Danone, Nestl\u00e9, Legrand, Randstad, Solvay and Swiss Life. French global companies are particularly active, with a specific network, the Plateforme francophone des entreprises pour les socles de protection sociale<\/a>. The members of this platform currently include Bollor\u00e9, Bouygues, Cr\u00e9dit Agricole, Engie, Kering, Legrand, L\u2019Or\u00e9al, Sanofi, LVMH, Saint-Gobain, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale, Sodexo and Vinci. Other French companies, such as Veolia, are also committed to deploying these global foundations.<\/p>\n

In practical terms, these programmes focus on four main areas:<\/p>\n