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One of Randstad’s core values, a guiding principle since the 1960s, is the simultaneous promotion of all interests. It was a very conscious decision to embed this statement in our core values and the reasoning is quite straightforward. In our business, we are at the heart of a network of stakeholders with varying interests - clients, flexworkers, interim professionals and candidates, our own employees and suppliers, employers' and employees' organizations, governments, labor unions, and the staffing sector as a whole. Our founder understood that by helping everyone – for example, by helping companies and institutions develop networks, and negotiating collective labor agreements with the Unions - Randstad benefited as well.
Based on this premise, Randstad was the first company to work closely with the government to set out rules and guidelines for the fledgling staffing industry. In the 1970s, Randstad was the first flexible staffing agency to negotiate a collective labor agreement (CLA) with labor unions for its flexworkers. This CLA is now an industry standard.
Where before the industry was viewed with suspicion, Randstad’s pioneering and proactive efforts helped the staffing industry gain acceptance as an important player in creating a sound, inclusive economy.
This philosophy does not apply to one geographical area, but holds true throughout Randstad. For example, with our help, CLAs for flexworkers in many countries have been established. In those countries where such agreements do not exist, Randstad aims to create the same working conditions for all its flexworkers across the company. As Randstad grows internationally, we bring with us our ability to engage stakeholders to raise working standards and increase opportunities for people to find work everywhere we operate.
The simultaneous promotion of all interests is a global imperative to the way we do business. It is not exercized only when it is convenient to do so, but at all times.
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