Signed on 01 April by ENI and the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uilca trade unions under the auspices of Italy’s Ministry of Labour, the agreement will enable 900 employees to take voluntary early retirement. Starting in 2021, 500 people will also be hired in order to facilitate the oil group’s transformation and the redeployment of its business activities as it focuses on lowering its carbon emissions by introducing new skills linked in particular to the circular economy and technological innovation. The project will be accompanied by a training and retraining plan for some 20,000 employees, i.e. almost all of the group's headcount in Italy.
The procedure is part of the ‘contratto di espansione’ (growth contract), an instrument provided for in the 2021 finance law (c.f. article No. 12291) that aims to foster generational renewal in large companies. Two agreements have been signed, one with the Ministry of Labour, the other between the company and the unions to manage the process.
Early retirement. The agreement opens up the possibility for 900 employees to voluntarily cease work by 30 November 2021, provided they are within 5 years
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