On 21 June, social partners in Italy’s footwear sector secured an agreement to renew the national collective agreement (NCA), which covers nearly 80,000 workers in some 5,800 companies and which will run until 31 December 2023. The previous NCA expired on 31 December 2019. While the agreement, which must now be approved by the employee assemblies, provides for an average wage increase of €70, it above all intends for standards that can combat dumping in subcontracting operations. The footwear industry, a key sector for Made in Italy, has been one of the most affected by the pandemic.
Salary increases. The agreement signed by the employers’ organization Assocalzaturifici and the trade unions Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec provides for an average increase of €70 euros in minimum salaries, paid in three tranches: starting with €25 on 01 December 2021, then a further €25 on 01 September 2022 and finally €20 paid on 01 July 2023.
Combating abusive use of subcontracting. The key point of the agreement is the introduction of measures to prevent abuses in subcontracting, and in
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