How the short week proposed by Intesa Sanpaolo to the trade unions was born. Sileoni speaks (Fabi)
“Intesa Sanpaolo has not studied anything at all […] it is applying a provision of the national contract which has already been defined for some time”. This is the tranchant comment of the secretary general of Fabi, Lando Maria Sileoni. Here's what he said
Great uproar for the initiative announced by Intesa Sanpaolo on the short working week. Four days instead of five for a total of 36 hours per week instead of 37.5.
State-of-the-art move or simple application of the national employment contract for bankers?
NOTHING HAS BEEN INVENTED FOR SILEONI
“Intesa Sanpaolo has not studied anything at all: because both the use of the short week and the regulated smart working within the company are foreseen by the national employment contract of the bankers. Therefore, Intesa Sanpaolo is applying a provision of the national contract that has already been defined for some time ". This is what was declared to Radio Capital by the secretary general of Fabi, Lando Maria Sileoni.
Intesa's proposal to Fabi, First Cisl, Fisac Cgil, Uilca and Unisin on the short working week is part of a broader negotiation on flexibility, ranging from working hours to smart working.
BECAUSE IT IS NOT NEW
“I repeat – reiterated Sileoni – it is a rule of the national contract that can be applied at company level. I invite all banking groups to address this issue because what we care about is the well-being of the workers and that everything works perfectly ".
“In short, the forerunner Intesa is forerunner so to speak because it is the national contract that is forerunner and acts as guarantor for all credit companies. With the short week – he continues – the worker would work an hour and a half a day more and would have one more day off available. There is an ongoing negotiation that may evolve in various directions. We want to close in a short time ”.
“The rule of the national contract can be applied at company level in the context of trade union negotiations. This is not new. I invite the other banking companies – said the leader of Fabi – to a confrontation with the union. It is an important step forward if we reach the goal of ensuring more well-being for male and female workers in order to make them perform better during the working day ”.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE SILEONI UNDERSTANDING PROPOSAL
"The guiding principle in the Intesa scheme is flexibility not agreed with the union, but there are ongoing negotiations and we reject this concept – explained Sileoni – because we ask for voluntary access for all staff".
Intesa Sanpaolo, in fact, is thinking of the possibility of a short week only for the staff of the offices but not of the branches and, the 'less' day should be authorized by the manager. For Sileoni, on the other hand, "all workers must be given the possibility of being able to choose it voluntarily, while today we are still in negotiations with Intesa, this is not the case".
According to the secretary general of Fabi, "the working day must be agreed between the company and the worker" by evaluating "everything to the end, also taking into account that working an hour and a half more a day can represent a burden that is not necessarily compensated for. from the extra day off ".
Moreover, “the salary would not change – he said – but there is an important aspect to be defined which is the daily meal voucher. And then there is another important problem and that is to understand who pays the cost of energy in the homes of smart working workers. The bank saves if the workers are at home, but the cost is passed on to the employees at home ”.
THE WELL-BEING OF WORKERS FIRST OF ALL
Finally, Sileoni wanted to underline that "the guiding principle in the trade union scheme, at least ours, is the well-being of male and female workers".
"If the agreement is made – he specified – he will have to bear in mind that there can be no total discretion on the part of the company in granting it and there can not even be just a theme of savings in energy costs that are transferred from the company to the worker when you only work four days a week instead of five ”.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/come-nasce-la-settimana-corta-proposta-da-intesa-sanpaolo-ai-sindacati-parla-sileoni-fabi/ on Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:09:09 +0000.