Tertiary-sector Managers: renewal of the COLLECTIVE LABOUR AGREEMENT has been signed

On 21 July 2016, the renewal of the COLLECTIVE LABOUR AGREEMENT for managers of the Tertiary, Distribution and Service sector, was finalised between Confcommercio and Manageritalia. One of the major novelties notably relates to the reduction of the protected period to 240 days in one year, during which full remuneration is paid to the manager, with a possibility of extension in the event of serious and continuous disease. Changes also affect dismissal. Unless on the grounds of just cause, any unfairly dismissed manager is entitled to compensation in lieu of notice, amounting to between a minimum of 6 monthly pays, for a period of service of less than 4 years, and a maximum of 12 monthly pays, for a period of service of more than 15 years. Then, additional payment parameters have been re-phased. Here too the manager’s corporate seniority is taken into account, rescheduling the payment within a range of 4 to 18 monthly pays. A “Centro di Formazione Management del Terziario” (Tertiary-sector management training centre) was set up to offer training and refresher opportunities to companies and managers with the purpose of managing specific sector-related situations. Lastly, pay increases have been assigned to managers included in the scope of the agreement under review with a gross monthly pay of (i) Euro 80 from 1 January 2017; (ii) Euro 100 from 1 January 2018, and (iii) Euro 170 from 1 December 2018.