The goal of the charter is to provide framework for the use of external housekeeping services and will become effective June 1, 2014.

Louvre Hotels Group announced the signature of a charter for outsourcing room cleaning after several months of exchanges with social partners. The goal of this charter is to provide a framework for using service providers for the group's subsidiary hotels, and will take effect on June 1, 2014 for each new contract or amendment. This new organization will also be promoted to the network of franchisees.

The new charter also guarantees remuneration for working time through the installation of electronic timekeepers, the supply of materials and training in order to preserve employee health and environmental health, the guarantee of free elections for sub-contracted housekeeping personnel during professional elections, and preference for providers offering above-standard social guarantees.

"In the hotel industry, the quest for quality must be through respect for people and the environment. Driven by this conviction, we are very proud that this project that we have been carrying forward for several months with our social partners has been realized. Moreover, as we already did in 2013 in the Première Classe and Campanile hotels in Suresnes, we decided to expand our tests between now and 2015 to the internalization of cleaning operations at five large properties in the Paris region," declared Emmanuelle Greth, VP Human Resources at the Louvre Hotels Group.