QUALITALY

APR. MAY 2018

FIGHT AGAINST CONTRACTUAL

DUMPING

New monthly employer contributions

have been established for

supplementary health care. From

1 February 2018, companies will

be required to pay a contribution

of €11 per month per worker for

twelve months’ pay and €12 from 1

January 2019. “There are a number

of institutions, bilateral bodies,

supplementary health care, which

are very interesting for the loyalty

of the employee and appreciated by

the worker. The aim was to combat

the dumping that some companies

do by not paying these contributions

to guarantee the performance of the

bilateral body and supplementary

health care.”

100 EURO MORE BUT WITHOUT

PREVIOUS PAYMENT

An increase of EUR 100 over 4 years to

the fourth level redefined for the other

levels with 5 starting dates in January

2018, January 2019, February 2020,

March 2021 and December 2021 is

expected. For the first time, nothing has

been paid for the contractual holiday

period, so the increases will start on

1 January 2018. “We acknowledge the

sense of responsibility of the union,

which understood that market situations

following the crisis did not allow

companies to bear such a cost.

IS EVERYONE HAPPY?

While predictable satisfaction was

expressed by all parties who signed,

the BASIC TRADE UNION speaks of

“scam agreement” that puts “workers

in the sector at the mercy of the

companies”, and emphasizes the

failure to recognise the arrears for the

contractual holiday, the “smoke and

mirrors” of the increase of 100 euros

gross and the situation of inequality

between workers with new hires from

January 1, 2018 “who will have a

negative reduction in working hours;

for the first 4 years only 32 hours of

religious holidays will be recognised

instead of the intended 104 currently

in the contract.”

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THE STEPS OF WAGE INCREASE

Wage increase

(not absorbable) is distributed with

the following effective dates:

€ 25,00: 1 January 2018;

€ 20.00: 1 January 2019;

€ 20.00: 1 February 2020;

€ 15.00: 1 March 2021;

€ 20,00: 1 December 2021.

Since 1 February 2018, the

contribution to supplementary health

care has increased by € 1 and from 1

January 2019 an additional € 1 to be

paid by the employer.

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CONTRACT NUMBERS

To whom it applies:

over one

million employees, 99% of the catering

business

(restaurants, trattorie, pizzerias, pubs,

hospital and company school canteens,

large companies in multilocal

commercial catering, canteens,

catering cooperatives) and bars,

bathing establishments, discos, games

rooms.

Enterprises operating in the

sector:

more than 300.000

Total turnover:

over 80 billion euros

Duration of new contract:

four

years (from 1 January 2018 to 31

December 2021)

Expiration of previous contract:

February 20, 2010

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THE WORD OF THE

RESTAURATEUR: ERMINIO

ALAJMO

Erminio Alajmo, founder of the three-

star restaurant Le Calandre and father

of Raf, Max and Laura, created an

empire. As a restaurateur (the Alajmo

group now has ten restaurants), he

is satisfied with the new contract,

which gives him greater flexibility.

“The world has changed and this is

to be recognised. It is an opportunity

for companies that can make you

do a few hours more overtime, but

you should always remember that

the staff is essential to the success of

a restaurant, and the dining area is

the most difficult to find: they must

be followed, trained, rewarded with

bonus awards. It is a difficult job, you

have to be a little like psychologists,

a little like salespeople, a little like

entrepreneurs, and accompany the

customer from entry to exit, with

discretion but attention, anticipating

their requests. And knowing how to

solve problems independently if they

arise. The contract opens the door, but

the staff must be observed and also

involved. It’s a beautiful job if you have

passion. And he, who started out as a

“waiter by chance” in the neighbours’

restaurant one summer, and who has

been working in this world for 54

years, knows something about it.

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NOW THE STAFF IS FOUND

VIA APP

Technology is also increasingly

entering the catering industry, and you

can use an app to recruit staff. Like

Shakejob from Openjobmetis, which

interested us because it is the only

one among many that allows, once

agreements have been made, to sign

an employment contract automatically,

avoiding dumping workers or

borderline proposals, and allowing

the restaurateur to find staff even last

minute. Qualified? “To understand

availability and needs we meet

everyone in person, both employers

and workers. The latter all have

HACCP certificates and there is the

possibility of recall, if the employer

was treated well. The logic is that of

the Gig economy and flexibility on

both sides,” explains one of the app’s

creators, 26-year-old Alberto Brianza.

And the contract? “I welcome it - said

Elisabetta Fugazza, Public Affairs &

Labour Consulting of Openjobmetis

- because it further acknowledges

the need for work flexibility in the

sector structurally subject to stop and

go requests, especially in the case

of major events (weddings, catering,

illness). The number of workers

permitted to work on a temporary

basis has increased from 8 to 10%.”

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