Laundries: the draft renewal of the COLLECTIVE LABOUR AGREEMENT has been signed

On 13 July 2016 the draft agreement was signed for the renewal of the industrial laundry sector COLLECTIVE LABOUR AGREEMENT, which expired on 30 June 2015. The agreement provides for an average wage increase of Euro 70 for level A3, to be paid in three tranches: (i) EUR 30 from 1 July 2016; (ii) Euro 20 from 1 July 2017; (iii) Euro 20 from 1 July 2018. The agreement, inter alia, (a) confirms the so-called equalizing element of Euro 200 per year; (b) establishes a “social clause” in order to safeguard employment levels in the case of tenders; (c) provides for the extension from 8% to 10% of fixed-term contracts to be transformed into permanent contracts; (d) establishes for disabled workers the fractionising of leave referred to in Law No. 104/1992 into hours as well as the possibility to use a three-year leave, up to 12 years of age, as regards children with disabilities and (e) for national and international adoptions, it grants a total of 30 days’ leave (15 abroad in order to meet with the child and 15 for the child’s entry into the family). The agreement is now under the scrutiny of the workers’ assemblies for their assessment of the outcome of negotiations.