{"id":17989,"date":"2026-10-24T18:51:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T16:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternego.com\/?page_id=17989"},"modified":"2026-10-24T20:43:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T18:43:39","slug":"employee-relations-negotiation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alternego.com\/en\/our-talks\/employee-relations-negotiation\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Relations and Negotiation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n.conf-detail{--navy:#202955;--family:#378b97;--hero-text:#ffffff;--ink:#0d0d0d;font-family:Univers,Arial,sans-serif;color:var(--ink);line-height:1.6}\n.conf-detail__hero{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1.15fr) minmax(260px,.85fr);gap:56px;align-items:center;background:var(--family)!important;color:var(--hero-text)!important;padding:clamp(70px,9vw,130px) max(24px,calc((100vw - 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class=\"conf-detail__hero-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/alternego.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dialogue-social-negociation.png\" alt=\"Visuel de la conf\u00e9rence Dialogue social et n\u00e9gociation : enjeux et postures\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/674;\"><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"conf-detail conf-detail__body\">\n<div class=\"conf-detail__grid\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"conf-detail__pitch-label\">Employee relations<\/p>\n<p>We talk a great deal about social dialogue and negotiation, without always meaning the same thing. In many companies, social dialogue refers only to discussions between employee representatives and leadership about major transformations, mandatory annual negotiations and company agreements. Sometimes this dialogue runs alongside the real concerns of managers and teams rather than addressing them. Agreements are signed but are hard to translate into practice.<\/p>\n<p>How did we reach this point? Which approaches should we adopt, and which pitfalls should we avoid, to make social dialogue a driver of conflict resolution and social performance?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"conf-detail__side\">\n<strong>Speaker<\/strong>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alternego.com\/en\/collaborateur\/philippe-emont-dialogue-social-prevention-risques-psychosociaux\/\">Philippe Emont, associate director<\/a><\/p>\n<strong>Objective<\/strong>\n<p>Identify tools and approaches for constructive social dialogue.<\/p>\n<strong>Themes<\/strong>\n<p>Employee relations \u00b7 Negotiation \u00b7 Conflict resolution \u00b7 Social performance<\/p>\n<div class=\"conf-detail__side-logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/alternego.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/codex-clipboard-deb2ef42-afdf-4098-9601-f3c45d87e023.png\" alt=\"Utopies &amp; alternego - Business not as usual\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1002px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1002\/206;\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"conf-detail__program\">\n<article><h3 id=\"part-1\">Part 1<\/h3><\/article>\n<article><h3 id=\"part-2\">Part 2<\/h3><\/article>\n<article><h3 id=\"part-3\">Part 3<\/h3><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"conf-detail conf-detail__cta\">\n<h2 id=\"a-talk-tailored-to-your-context\">A talk tailored to your context<\/h2>\n<p>Let\u2019s discuss your challenges and audience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alternego.com\/en\/contact\/\">Let\u2019s talk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 Back to talks Employee relations and negotiation: challenges and approaches Identify tools and approaches that make social dialogue a driver of conflict resolution and social performance. 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