Rome, 5 July 2024 – After more than 40 hours of intense negotiations, the draft agreement for the renewal of the national collective agreement applied to over 400 thousand workers in the tourism, hotel accommodation, holiday village and camping sectors was signed. The agreement, in force from 1 July 2024 to 31 December 2027, was signed between the trade union organizations Filcams Cgil, Fisascat Cisl and Uiltucs and the business associations of the sector Federalberghi and Faita, both associated with Confcommercio Imprese per l'Italia.

The agreement, which will be submitted to the workers for consultation starting in the next few days, provides for a permanent pay increase of €200 at the fourth level of classification, to be re-parameterised, paid over the duration of the contract, with a total salary mass of €6,200.

Significant is the intervention on the outsourcing of room cleaning and tidying services and other services, extending the procedure for the union comparison foreseen for the first outsourcing also to the subsequent changes in contracts, guaranteeing the regulatory and economic treatment of the national contract of the sector signed by the trade unions and employers' organizations comparatively more representative of the sector. For the first time, a rule is also foreseen for the internalization of such services and the introduction of new professional profiles in the staff classification system, in response to the evolution of business organizational models.

Relaunch of second-level bargaining to be made effectively enforceable and introduction of an economic guarantee element, up to 186 euros, if, despite the presentation of a platform, an additional agreement is not defined by 31 October 2026.

The measures on gender equality are significant, with the enhancement of issues relating to equal opportunities and inclusion: the representative figure of "Equality Guarantor" has been established and a dedicated permanent Commission has been set up within the sector's Bilateral Body. Forms of participation of workers in the life of the company have also been introduced, aimed at promoting change and well-being in the workplace, also from a gender perspective.

Among the qualifying points of the agreement is the protection of parenthood, with the integration up to the achievement of 100% of the salary on the occasion of the payment of the thirteenth and fourteenth month, accrued during the periods of compulsory maternity leave and compulsory and optional paternity leave.

A new contractual framework has been defined to combat discrimination, violence and harassment, which expands protections, improving the measures provided for the support of women victims of gender-based violence, with 3 months plus an additional 3 months of paid leave at 100% for workers included in protection paths duly certified by the social services of the Municipality of residence, by anti-violence centers or by shelters.

On the contractual welfare front, the agreement establishes an increase of 3 euros in the contribution destined for the sector's supplementary health care fund, the Fast Fund. Furthermore, the penalty foreseen for companies that are not in order with the registration of workers to the fund has been strengthened, for whom, in this case, a further separate element of remuneration is triggered.

Satisfaction was expressed by the trade unions Filcams Cgil, Fisascat Cisl, Uiltucs. "This agreement represents an important step forward for the sector, also obtained thanks to the mobilization of workers. We have managed to obtain significant economic recognition and the new protections introduced demonstrate our commitment to improving living conditions and preparing the sector to face future challenges with greater equity, inclusion and for the valorization and dignity of work in the tourism, hospitality and hotel sector".

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Renewal of the National Collective Labour Agreement for Public Establishments, Collective Catering, Commercial and Tourism

Guarini: «With the agreement we intervene on the recovery of the purchasing power of over 1 million workers while defining an advancement of the legislation consistent with the evolution of the sector»

Rome, 5 June 2024 – "With the agreement signed today, we are finally taking action to recover the purchasing power of over a million workers in the public establishments, collective catering, commercial and tourism sectors, awaiting an economic increase from 2021, the year the previous contract expires, while at the same time defining an advancement of the legislation consistent with the evolution of the sector". This is how the general secretary of Fisascat Cisl Davide Guarini comments on the Agreement hypothesis reached today with the employers' associations of the sector Fipe Confcommercio, Legacoop Produzione e Servizi, Confcooperative Lavoro e Servizi and Agci Servizi.

Echoing him was the national secretary of the CISL federation Diego Lorenzi, who was busy at the negotiating table. "With the renewal agreement," the union representative declared, "we believe we have given appreciable answers not only from an economic point of view but also from a regulatory one, with the strengthening of welfare and primary institutions of the discipline of the employment relationship, such as the thirteenth, fourteenth, protection of parenthood and the fight against harassment in the workplace, defending the dignity of those who work in the sector and of the sector itself." "Our hope," he concluded, "is to complete with the other business associations the contractual renewals expected in the macro sector of tourism, where hundreds of thousands of other workers in the hotel and hospitality sector, the tourism industry and travel agencies are waiting for economic and regulatory answers."

Editorial Staff: Fisascat Cisl

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