All about the renewal of the contract in the glass, lamps and display sector
What you need to know about the hypothesis of an agreement valid for the three-year period 2023-2025. Overall increase of 168 euros per month when fully operational. The article by Antonello Di Mario
“Positive outcome for the negotiation relating to the renewal of the national 'Glass, Lamps and Display' contract. The season of contract renewals continues. In this specific case, we have given an adequate wage response to the 28,000 employees, resulting in an increase of about 8 percent useful for combating the inflationary index that undermines the purchasing power of wages themselves”. So Daniela Piras, general secretary of Uiltec, commented on the agreement of the renewal signed between the trade unions and the entrepreneurial parts of the sector in question.
In fact, in the early afternoon of today, the negotiating delegation of Filctem Cgil, Femca Cisl, Uiltec Uil together with the representatives of the Confindustria Assovetro association signed the agreement hypothesis for the renewal of the national labor contract for the glass, lamps and displays which affects over 28,000 workers employed in around 340 companies. The contract expired on December 31st and will be valid until December 31st 2025.
SALARY PART
The signed agreement provides for an average salary increase on the minimum of 153 euros (cat. D1), distributed in 3 tranches.
• Hollow glass and lamps: 61 euros from 1 March 2023; 45 euros from 1 January 2024; 47 euros from 1 April 2024. For an amount of 4115 euros.
• Flat glass and wool and yarn: 61 euros from 1st March 2023; 45 euros from 1 April 2024; 47 euros from 1 July 2025. The amount will be 3839 euros.
A one-off payment of 122 euros will be paid for the contractual holiday, the same for all workers.
CONTRACTUAL WELFARE
Of particular importance are the issues of contractual welfare which recognize, from 1 January 2024, the registration of all workers in the Fasie health fund and entirely paid by the companies for 14 euros per month and which provide for the worker who wants to contribute with an additional quota of access plans with certain additional benefits.
From 1 January 2025, the night allowance will be increased by 1 euro.
The overall economic treatment will be 168 euros.
“We wanted to give an important wage response, resulting in an increase of more than 8 percent, with a first tranche representing 40% of the total amount achieved, useful for combating the inflationary index that undermines the purchasing power of wages themselves, helping workers in a difficult moment”: underlined the national secretaries of Filctem Cgil, Femca Cisl, Uiltec Uil, respectively Sonia Tosoni, Daniele Bailo, Lorenzo Zoli.
REGULATORY PART
Industrial relations are strengthened by opening up discussions with the supply chains interconnected to the sector for joint initiatives with national and European institutions and for the dissemination of good contractual practices. With regards to the fight against contractual dumping, among the criteria for choosing the contractor, the application of CCNLs signed by the most representative trade unions at national level is defined and the framework commission is set up which, by the end of 2024, will have to deliver a proposal to the parties modification of the classification system that takes into account both the technological innovation that has taken place over the years and the recognition of the professionalism acquired by the workers.
Particular attention on gender issues, providing not only 4 hours of training per year on the subject of gender-based violence but recognizing 2 months paid in addition to the provisions of the law.
Attention is also paid to issues concerning fragility, providing for the possibility of advance of the severance indemnity to cover remuneration in the event of absence and use of social shock absorbers, but also providing for the delivery of the overall job retention period to the worker who requests it , in addition to the definition of the guidelines to promote the institution of solidarity holidays.
In terms of rights, the following are recognised: the possibility of dividing the use of 2 days of vacation into 4 half days; preventive comparison with the RSU in the event of changes in working hours; the recognition of as many paid days as necessary for checks, sampling, hospitalization and convalescence for bone marrow donors and the definition of guidelines on smart working.
The individual annual paid leaves for each RLS are increased, going from 40 to 72 hours for companies with over 15 employees, from 30 to 48 hours for companies with 6 to 15 employees and from 12 to 24 hours for companies with up to 5 employees, the annual Health and Safety day is established, with the participation of the RLSSAs and the sector RSPPs, the moments of meeting between the RLSSAs of the client companies with the RLSs of the contractor companies are facilitated and jointly defined between the RLSSAs and company RSPPs the shared management, reporting, collection and archiving models of 'alert hazards' and 'near misses'.
In the assemblies in the workplace, male and female workers will have to vote on the undersigned agreement, to give it definitive approval.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/tutto-sul-rinnovo-del-contratto-nel-settore-vetro-lampade-e-display/ on Fri, 10 Feb 2023 15:15:02 +0000.