Ericsson Telecomunicazioni Spa and the SLC-CGIL, Fistel-Cisl and Uilcom-Uil unions as well as the majority of unitary trade union representation bodies (RSU), signed a framework agreement on the company’s industrial plan. It provides for the application of Mobilità procedures and solidarity contracts for the 335 “surplus” staff as well as provisions to “restore the balance of the normative and economic profiles” of some chapters of the collective agreement. This aims to improve “sustainability and competitiveness,” among other things by reducing the number of days off and compensatory awards. Finally, it “freezes” the 2013 result-based bonus. The Swedish multinational employs about 5,000 people in Italy. (Ref. 130534)
Managing excess staff. Giuseppe Francesco, Ericsson national coordinator for the SLC-CGIL, a signing party to the agreement, told Planet Labor that the negotiation helped replace layoffs with voluntary job cuts. Therefore, two tools were adopted to minimize the “tragic” impact of this restructuring: Mobilità and solidarity contracts (CdS). Thus, the agreement provides for voluntary Mobilità for 335 employees between October 4 and December 31, 2013, first workers who have acquired seniority or old-age retirement rights, and then the rest of the workforce. The incentive amounts to 10 months’ gross salary. For other employees, it is based on age:
- 20 months for employees under 35, i.e.
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