First of all, an investment in industrial relations and work is the one made by the multi-service sector with the agreement on the hypothesis of renewal of the employment contract, found after 8 years of negotiations. After the go-ahead for the unitary assets of Filcams Cgil, Fisascat Cisl and Uiltucs, the agreement has become definitive and will take effect from this month until 31 December 2024. The economic increase for the 600 thousand employees involved is 120 euros when fully operational. 2nd level, with the first tranche of 40 euros this July and the last of 10 euros in July 2025. The total wage bill is 3,430 euros.
The new course of industrial relations
The synthesis reached by the five employers’ associations, Agci Servizi, Anip Confindustria, Confcooperative Lavoro e Servizi, Legacoop Produzione e Servizi, Unionservizi Confapi – flanked by the director of Confindustria’s work area, Pierangelo Albini – and by Filcams Cigl, Fisascat Cisl and Uiltrasporti, according to what the companies say in a joint note, it represents «an important investment by companies that want to make the sector more modern and orderly. A sign of the desire to contribute to the restarting of the country by companies whose work is not to be considered accessory, but fundamental for the care and protection of all, for the economy and work ». The president of Anip Confindustria Lorenzo Mattioli speaks of “full satisfaction with the result achieved, an investment for companies: it was important to focus on a fundamental aspect and that is to restore a climate of adequate industrial relations in order to be recognized by the legislator and succeed. to act on the level of the rules of the sector that are to be reviewed to protect companies and workers “. Similarly, but with a different approach, the general secretaries of Filcams, Maria Grazia Gabrielli, Fisascat, Davide Guarini and Uiltrasporti, Claudio Tarlazzi, explain that the new contract must “try to establish a restart of the trade union relations system to face nodes and priorities of the sector that needs rules and regulations that put the economic and social sustainability of work in contracts at the center ”.
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The debate in the union
The unitary assets recorded “an open confrontation with many interventions that gave voice to those who every day carry out their professional services, under contract, in hospitals, schools, commercial premises and public establishments, and who, despite the many the uncertainties and difficulties faced in this long year of pandemic have never failed their commitment, highlighting how indispensable their work is ”, the unions write in a note. The delegates, however, expressed themselves favorably on the contents of the hypothesis of renewal of the contract which confirms their protections and their rights.
35% flexible contracts
Going into a little more detail, the agreement gives signals on many fronts, from micro-absenteeism, to tenders, to bilateralism with the relaunch of the Onbsi especially for training and active policies, to the flexibility on which the limit of overall use of fixed-term and administration contracts at 35%. In addition to this, the agreement introduces a broad articulation aimed at combating violence and sexual harassment in the workplace and an additional period of paid leave, compared to what is required by law, for women victims of gender-based violence. But let’s see some of the aspects of the contract.
The commission on micro-absenteeism
One of the issues that absorbed a lot of energy in the comparison was micro-absenteeism on which a joint commission was set up, with the task of defining an agreement with the INPS in order to acquire data relating to the phenomenon of micro-absences. The vice president of Anip Confidustria, Massimo Diamante, reminds us that «in recent years micro-absenteeism has progressively grown according to the data resulting from our internal monitoring. This made it necessary to set up a bilateral commission that will have the task of acquiring the data, dealing with the phenomenon and finding corrective measures ».