Renewal Agreement for the National Collective Labor Agreement (CCNL) for the Metalworking Industry – Updates

On February 5, 2021, the signatory parties of the National Collective Bargaining Agreement (CCNL) for the Metalworking Industry (Federmeccanica, Assistal, Fim-Cisl, Fiom-Cgil, and Uilm-Uil) reached an agreement for the contract renewal.

The new contract is effective from February 5, 2021, with validity until June 30, 2024.

There are many new provisions, with the new employee classification system being of fundamental importance, structured as follows, effective from June 1, 2021:

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The general classifications are defined based on 9 levels encompassed within 4 areas.

of professional qualifications, referring to the role actually performed by the worker within the company's organizational structure.

It is specified that, for the purpose of classification into the legal categories of blue-collar and white-collar workers, the prevalence of manual or operational activity in the performance of the role is taken into account, regardless of the classification level.

Effective June 1, 2021, level 1 is eliminated.

Workers already employed as of May 31, 2021, and classified at that level, are reclassified to the new D1 level starting from that date. Workers already employed as of May 31, 2021, affected by the aforementioned reclassification, retain their seniority accrued as of that date for all contractual purposes, and periods of activity already performed according to professional mobility provisions will be considered valid for reclassification into the new professional levels.

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Scheduled wage increases absorb both individual increases granted after January 1, 2017 (provided they were not granted with an express non-absorbability clause) and fixed collective increases established at the company level after that date, with the exception of amounts related to the nature of the service provided (by way of example but not exhaustive: allowances and surcharges for overtime, night work, holiday work, or shift work).

Below are some of the other new provisions in brief:

Supplementary Pension Scheme: probationary workers can also enroll in the Cometa Fund; for newly enrolled workers after February 5, 2021, and under 35 years of age, the employer's contribution from June 1, 2022, will be 2.2% of the contractual minimums;

Flexible benefits: the contractual welfare system is confirmed, and its regulation becomes structural: starting from June of each year, companies will activate welfare instruments for the benefit of workers, with a maximum cost of Euro 200.00, to be used from June 1st until May 31st of the following year;

Smart Working: by the date of drafting the CCNL, the Parties, following the widespread use of smart working due to the Covid-19 Pandemic containment measures, while confirming the principle of equal treatment for smart working employees compared to those working on-site, agree to entrust a Joint Committee with the definition of the regulatory framework, privacy protection, the right to training, the right to disconnect, and trade union rights;

Metasalute Supplementary Health Assistance: the extension of healthcare assistance to pensioners who have been continuously enrolled in the Fund for at least two years before retirement is foreseen; for the Covid-19 emergency, the Metasalute Fund provides for the possibility of a one-off payment and allowances following hospitalizations/intensive care related to the pandemic influenza syndrome.

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