Insurance, how is the renewal of the contract going?
All the latest news on the renewal of the insurance contract. The article by Emanuela Rossi
The renewal of the Ania national employment contract, which expired on 31 December 2019, which involves 47 thousand employees, gets underway. In recent days, the negotiating table between the national association of insurance companies and the First, Fisac, Fna, Snfia, Uilca trade unions met; A delegation from Unipol was also present.
The beginning of the renewal phase actually began at the end of April when the five unions presented a unified platform at the Ania headquarters in Milan, asking for an average salary increase of 210 euros, together with the improvement of many aspects. linked to welfare and inclusion.
At the moment there are already four scheduled meetings on the agenda: 20 and 21 June, 12 and 13 July.
SOME NUMBERS ON THE INSURANCE SECTOR
Precisely in the document drawn up by the trade unions you can read interesting numbers on the insurance sector, starting with the fact that in 2021 there was a slight decrease in employment in the sector (-0.9%) due to corporate restructuring in the last five years. Furthermore, it can be seen that in the last ten years the insurance system has achieved profits in each financial year and has reached a total profit of 21% in the period 2017-2020, higher than that of the years 2013-2016, the reference period of the last contract. national collective. In 2019, however, a record result was achieved with profits of 8.6 billion, slightly lower the following year (8.5 billion) which saw theoutbreak of the pandemic and the lockdown.
WHAT ANIA ASKS FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE CCNL
According to reports from Il Sole 24 Ore , during the meeting with the trade union delegations Maria Emanuela Basti, head of industrial relations at Ania, clarified that "the trade union platform asks for many things, but does not talk about an issue that interests companies: the frameworks and their revision ". The national association of insurance companies reminded Fisac, First, Uilca, Fna and Snfia that in the previous renewal, a positive path was shared with the revision of the management and executive positions that we reduced to a single remuneration level with 2 professional figures. We have seen that there have been positive consequences and companies have managed to manage complex situations with flexibility ".
All this, however, is not enough: according to Basti, the modernization of the grades must also take place “for employees who are divided into several levels, with a good critical mass on the fourth, fifth and sixth levels. It is a necessary adjustment because the articulation of the contract carries with it settings dating back over time, when the companies were organized according to a rather rigid hierarchy – he explained -. To complete the picture we also have the first, second and third level, now the legacy of a contract built in the past decades, when the companies still had, for example, the guardian staff or internalized warehouse workers ".
No reluctance, on the part of Ania, for a "tight negotiation": "There are no delaying will – said the manager -. The goal is to do things in the best possible way, we cannot neglect quality and accelerate times to the detriment of the topics that interest us ".
THE REQUESTS OF THE TRADE UNIONS
At the end of the meeting with Ania, the trade union organizations, in a joint note, spoke of an "overall constructive climate" and the "concrete will to proceed to a tight negotiation". They were also satisfied with Unipol's presence at the negotiating table.
But let's see what's in the unitary platform presented to Ania on April 22 last.
In the document drawn up by the five trade unions, the overall economic demand for the average figure (fourth level, seventh class) is 10% on the salary tables, "which takes into account the inflation dynamics and greater productivity and the recognition of the commitment made in terms of operational and professional by male and female workers ". The same percentage is requested for the increase in the other economic items of an indemnity and / or modal nature provided for by the national collective labor agreement and meal vouchers, both paper and electronic. The request is for a salary increase of 210 euros for the average reference level.
The platform presented by the trade unions aims at a renewal that strengthens the contractual area so that it becomes wider and more inclusive (also with innovative paths for the disabled, women, parents, caregivers) and that guarantees homogeneous rules and protections even to the weakest subjects of the sector and which counteracts contractual dumping. Part of the text then focuses on remote work on which Ania and the trade unions shared a sector protocol a year ago.
After all, it is an irreversible way of working which, however, must be governed through the bargaining of which the protocol on smart working signed with the trade association is an example. Remaining on the subject, the trade unions also propose the creation of a national observatory on digitization and technological innovation, highlighting how the latter have "a strong impact on the organization of work and possible repercussions also on employment levels". The Observatory would be made up of five representatives indicated by Ania and five indicated by the trade unions; the functions would be defined in the negotiation. In the same vein, the aim is also to define the tasks of the joint company committees.
REVIEW OF THE SOLIDARITY FUND
Also according to what was reported by the Confindustria newspaper, the negotiation for the renewal of the Ania contract could be joined by the revision of the Solidarity Fund. "Within the year, the Solidarity Fund will have to have a regulatory adaptation and we would like to take the opportunity to make the most of the performance" said Basti who also noted how this shock absorber is "totally autonomous and self-financed" and therefore does not weigh "on the general taxation in any of its ordinary and extraordinary services ".
For the revision of the Solidarity Fund, Ania's objective is to increase its benefits and to allow more effective benefits relating to the accompaniment to retirement "so that both the ordinary and extraordinary part can help the sector in this transition phase ". From the association, openness “to all the possibilities that the legislation has given and which concern active policies, reconversion, redevelopment and the expansion contract. There are no foreclosures ". Openness to discussion also emerged from the trade unions.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/assicurativi-come-va-il-rinnovo-del-contratto/ on Mon, 27 Jun 2022 05:39:36 +0000.