Negotiations that took around one month, following the announcement that the company would axe over 200 jobs, have led to a social plan at RBC Investor Services. A joint monitoring committee will supervise the implementation of the social plan. Whilst up to 288 jobs were threatened under cost-cutting measures at this branch of the Royal Bank of Canada, unions managed to reduce the number to 210. Unions, staff representatives and the management agreed compensation payments for employees based on their age and the duration of their time at the company. Additionally, benefit payments will take into account the family situations of employees.
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