The mechanical and metals sector collective agreement that was renewed in November 2016 and that covers some 1.6 million workers (c.f. article No. 9941) includes ‘the individual’s right to training,’ comprising 24 hours per person over the period spanning 2017-2019. Almost two years later and this provision has barely left the starting blocks. The employers’ bodies, Federmeccanica and Assistal, as well as the trade unions FIOM-Cgil, FIM-Cisl, and UILM, held a congress devoted to this theme in November and are mobilizing down at grass roots level to make companies and workers aware of the advantages of lifelong training, build dialogue with training bodies, and surmount various organizational and especially cultural challenges.
Lifelong training provision within the collective agreement. Since 01 January 2017, companies have had to sign up each of their permanent employees to a 24-hour training course every three years (Ed. note: the lifespan of a collective convention). At the end of the second year (i.e. at the end of 2018) workers who have not yet taken up any learning opportunities and who are not scheduled to do so during 2019 retain the right to 24 hours of training and can either select a training program from the choices offered by their company or independently source a training program from among the fields of: language learning, digital learning, technical learning, and management.
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