An agreement has been reached for the renewal of the national collective labor agreement for the pens, brushes and brushes sector. Assoscrittura and Assospazzole with Filctem, Femca and Uiltec have shared an overall increase of 173 euros for the three-year period 2023-2025 for the 5,000 employees of the 700 companies in the sector. On the minimum wage increase will be 160 euros, distributed in 3 tranches: 60 euros from this month, 50 euros in May 2024, 50 euros in June 2025, for a total amount that the unions calculate around 3,600 euros.
In addition to the improvement of the minimums, the new contract also provides for changes in the contractual welfare chapter, where there is a 0.3% increase in the contribution for the supplementary pension paid by companies, the increase to 15 euros of the contribution to the health fund supplementary Sanimoda and 2 euros per month for non-self-sufficiency insurance. The equalization element, for those who do not engage in 2nd level bargaining, will go from the current 300 euros to 330 euros. Furthermore, to improve the conditions of those with the lowest incomes, it was decided that the first level of classification should be paid an increase of 281 euros over the three-year period to reduce the current wage difference with the second level.
In the regulatory part, the aspects relating to the work-life balance have been improved, with particular attention to parenting, and protection in the event of illness.