Home » Industrial relations » National industrial relations » Italy : collective agreement in power sector renewed with several innovations Italy : collective agreement in power sector renewed with several innovations Social partners in Italy’s electric power sector signed a draft deal to renew their collective agreement on 9 October. The agreement applies to some 50,000 workers, including employees of Enel, the energy company that is partly owned by the Italian state, as well as Terna, the transmission system operator in Italy. The new collective agreement, which includes an overall pay rise of 124 euros, seeks to support the sector through the energy transition phase. Other new features include the extension of the agreement’s scope, an individual right to 28 hours of training, a commitment to combat gender violence and the possibility for collective bargaining at company level to trial the conversion of all, or some, of workers' performance bonus into days off, allowing them to convert “money into time”. Applicable retroactively, the agreement is binding for three years, from 2019 to 2021, with the previous deal having expired on 31 December 2018. The agreement is now subject to approval by workers. Through . Published on 11 October 2019 à 12h10 - Update on 11 October 2019 à 16h43 Resources Extending the agreement’s scope of application. The new collective agreement aims to become a point of reference for the broad power sector. It can be applied to business activities related to energy efficiency and electricity, as well as small renewable energy production companies. It could therefore cover many more workers in the future. Pay rises. The agreement, signed by Elettricità Futura,… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messagePhoneThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels