Italy: Alenia Aermacchi (Finmeccanica) and unions sign agreement increase flexibility and result bonus

Result bonus.  Massimo Masat, Fiom national coordinator for Alenia Aermacchi, pointed out that the parameters “were changed to become truly available.”  Giovani Contento, Uilm national secretary, pointed to the fact that the new agreement surpasses the former calculation method, “which divided groups of workers.”  Thus, the agreement extends the former “perimeter” of the production unit to the undertaking, following the principle of the “essence of the plant,” at the center of the recovery program.  It notably provides for two parameters at group level (amounting to 40 percent of the bonus – profitability (10 percent) and the new index of overall efficiency (30 percent) – and three parameters at site level (60 percent of the bonus): efficiency (20 percent), new indexes for delivery times (30 percent) and quality (10 percent).  At the beginning of each year, RSU and management will agree on annual objectives and, every quarter, they will monitor the results based on these objectives.  The maximum bonus for 2012 is €2,700, €3,000 in 2013, and €3,300 in 2014.  Paid with the salary in June each year, it will be paid to all workers, including agency workers and apprentices.  The two unionists also point out that the former bonus is consolidated as it now becomes a distinct pay element, amounting to €600 a year, paid with monthly wages over 12 months starting on July 1, 2012.