The 36 thousand bankers of the mutual banks will have an increase of 190 euros, 150 in August and 40 in October, after Federcasse and Fabi, First Cisl, Fisac Cgil Uilca and Ugl credit signed the agreement for the renewal of the national collective agreement of the banks of cooperative credit, expired in 2019. It is the first since the 2016-2018 cooperative credit reform with which it is consistent.
Training and smart working
Among the most relevant points of the new contract is the expansion and strengthening of the contractual area, the increase of ten hours of training which therefore pass from 50 to 60 for all personnel, the creation of a national reference framework. smart working up to a maximum of 10 days with the right to disconnect and unchanged remuneration for the worker, with provision for a meal voucher.
The Employment Fund
The contract also establishes the establishment of the Foc also for mutual banks, the improvement and updating of profiles relating to the reconciliation of life / work times, establishment of the commission for inclusion policies. Furthermore, it also defines the new productivity value for economic increases at the company group level. In particular, the productivity bonus will be determined with 2nd level bargaining and calculated on the basis of two distinct quotas, one, equal to 80%, determined by the balance sheet of each individual mutual bank, and the second, equal to 20%, which it takes into account the balance of the group to which it belongs. In addition, the protection of workers in the exercise of their functions is extended and provides for an annual contribution of 1,500 euros for each disabled family member.
Corporate contributions to complementary funds strengthened
The issues of health and safety and the classification system of personnel and professional profiles have been entrusted to new national commissions, while a bilateral and joint national body will deal with the impact of new technologies and the digitization of cooperative credit. The company contribution improved, by 0.35%, paid by the company for the mutual fund and by 0.20% for the social security for those hired before 2000 and 0.30% for those hired after 2000.
Federcasse and consistency with the Bcc reform
Matteo Spanò, vice president of Federcasse and president of the trade union delegation, which includes representatives of the Local Federations and the Parent Company Iccrea and Cassa Centrale, explains that “the agreement intervenes in a complex general scenario” and “completes the evolution of the collective bargaining making it consistent with the implementation of the 2016-2018 Cooperative Credit Reform. It contains measures that confirm the centrality of our collaborators thanks to the modernization of the disciplines on the harmonization of life and work times, the introduction of new protections that promote parenting and take into account the care needs of workers their family members “. On the chapter of productivity remuneration on which there were moments of strong friction, “we are satisfied with the innovations – adds Spanò -: we wanted and knew how to combine the needs of mutualist coherence, sustainability and productivity”.