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PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES IMPROVE participants’ knowledge and expertise

“DEVELOPING SOLIDARITY BETWEEN GENERATIONS OF WORKERS: GOOD PRACTICES TO INCREASE EMPLOYMENT RATES OF YOUTH AND OF WORKERS OVER 55. THE CASE OF THE BANKING SECTOR”. Budget Heading 04.03.03.01 (Social Dialogue ) TRADE UNION PARTNERS FIBA-CISL: Applicant /Promoter

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PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES IMPROVE participants’ knowledge and expertise

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  1. “DEVELOPING SOLIDARITY BETWEEN GENERATIONS OF WORKERS: GOOD PRACTICES TO INCREASE EMPLOYMENT RATES OF YOUTH AND OF WORKERS OVER 55. THE CASE OF THE BANKING SECTOR”.Budget Heading 04.03.03.01 (Social Dialogue) TRADE UNION PARTNERS FIBA-CISL: Applicant/Promoter UNI EUROPA: EuropeanTradeUnionFederationof the Services Sector APF/FIBA-CISL (Italy): representingProfessionals & Managers FABI (Italy): the authonomousbanktradeunion BBDSZ (Hungary), TradeUnionsselectedfromcountries ETYK (Cyprus), withverydifferentsituationsasfor FES-UGT (Spain), dimension, employees’ protection, MUBE (Malta), demographictrends and SINDICATO UPA (Romania) labour market 1

  2. PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES • IMPROVE participants’ knowledge and expertise • STRENGTHEN social dialogue at sector/company level • CREATE better and lasting jobs for elder workers • Create more and decent jobs for young workers • IDENTIFY good practices to combine both effects and adapt • them to different labor markets (eg early retirement, part time, • incentives to hire young workers, solidarity contracts, teleworking) • - ANTICIPATE and manage changes 2

  3. PROJECT’S STRUCTURE • Ridurre a sintesi dello sviluppo logico temporale, una slide • STEERING GROUP MEETINGS: Kick-Off, Midterm, Final • MIDTERM WORKSHOP AND FINAL CONFERENCE • PROJECT’S STRUCTURE AND WORKING TOOLS • STEERING GROUP: Kick-Off, Midterm and Final Meeting • DISSEMINATION EVENTS: Midterm Workshop and Final Conference • QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PARTNERS: • Collection of Laws, Collective Agreements, Good Practices and Initiatives • PROJECT’S DEDICATED WEBSITE AND FORUM AREA • http://apf.fiba.it/activeageing.nsf • Private access during the project • Public access at the end of the project for dissemination and data base

  4. THE PROJECT IN NUMBERS… • - 8 partners from 6 countries, • - An output of 560 pages of reports (studies and analysis), • - 23 good practices identified, • 6 national legal systems analyzed, • - 1 Workshop in Vico Equense (Napoli) with over than 60 people, • 1 Conference in St. Julians (Malta) with over than 80 people, • - Network of collaboration within the European Year 2012 for Active Ageing, • with project’s results on the EY2012 website of the European Commission: • http://europa.eu/ey2012/ey2012main.jsp?catId=975&langId=en&mode=initDetail&initiativeId=587&initLangId=en

  5. PROJECT’S STRUCTURE, INNOVATIVE ACTIONS • QUESTIONNAIRE FOR CONSULTATION OF WORKERS • Direct link on trade union websites in original language to collect • - Information and opinions on working conditions of the ‘over 55’ • QUESTIONNAIRE FOR STUDENTS • Consultation of students on concrete contractual measures (Italian • bank sector new collective agreement) • New Ideas and Perspectives • CONTACTS AND COOPERATION WITH EUROPEAN YEAR 2012 ‘ACTIVE AGEING’ NATIONAL COORDINATORS 5

  6. PROJECT’S STRUCTURE, GOOD PRACTICES • SPAIN • Year 2001 LAW: Minimum standards for young workers (25% training) • Bonus for companies hiring young people • Public incentives not to retire (social security bonus or reductions) • SECTOR Collective Agreement: annual training plans with trade union • involvement • Examples of banks hiring university students with temporary contracts • - Trade Union free training plans (with state and EU contribution) for • re-qualification of workers over 55 6

  7. PROJECT’S STRUCTURE, GOOD PRACTICES • CYPRUS • Over 55: Early retirement, trade union initiatives, welfare • Young workers: Government incentives (co-financed by EU) to hire new • employees, training on the job and cooperation • - Trade Union: training initiatives, request for ordinary full turnover 7

  8. PROJECT’S STRUCTURE, GOOD PRACTICES • ROMANIA • - No sector level negotiations • - Over 55: training, requalification, working time, work-life balance • Young workers: 6 month temporary job entry scheme, training, • youth commissions • Collective Agreements: structural cooperation between elder and young • workers, working time flexibility, incentives to hire young workers, 8

  9. PROJECT’S STRUCTURE, GOOD PRACTICES • MALTA • LAW: • Young workers: Minimum standards, Apprenticeship • Elder workers: Incentives for hiring workers over 55, • Right to work after retirement • SECTOR Collective Agreement: retraining, redeployment and early retirement • Temporary employment of university students in the summer time • ETC offers (50% co-financed) work trial schemes 9

  10. PROJECT’S STRUCTURE, GOOD PRACTICES • HUNGARY • New Labour Code (1st July 2012): • Tax reductions for companies employing workers <25 and >55 • Young workers: • 3/6 months transitional starting period • companies hiring workers <25 pay no social contributions for 2 years • Elder workers: • Government fund for retraining of dismissed public workers • - Persons working beyond retiring age get increases of pension base • Working after retirement is only permitted in health and education 10

  11. PROJECT’S STRUCTURE, GOOD PRACTICES • ITALY • SECTOR COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS • Joint and co-financed Solidarity Fund (1999) to support employment and workers’ income in case of bank crisis and restructuring: • Funding of employees’ professional training and re-qualification, • Funding of working time reductions and suspension of working activities • Early retirements • For Banks that cannot apply the previous agreement: • Check for unemployment (max 24 months), • Outplacement 11

  12. PROJECT’S STRUCTURE, GOOD PRACTICES • ITALY • Sector Fund for Employment (sector collective agreement 19-1-2012), managed by the sector bilateral body Enbicredito: • Co-financed by employees and managers • Contribution of 2500€ a year for three years for each employee hired • Expansive solidarity: working time (and wage) reduction with concomitant hiring of permanent workers • FBA (Joint Fund for Life Long Training in the Bank and Insurance Sector): 2012 call for proposals to finance professional training and requalification of workers over 55 12

  13. PROJECT’S FOLLOW UP SPAIN Initiatives to foster organizational efficiency and cooperation between elder and young workers with focus on M&A processes (Agreement in the ‘Saving Bank of Barcelona’) MALTA ‘Retaining older workers on consultancy basis – Mentoring Program’: to improve elder workers professional effectiveness and structural cooperation with young workers CYPRUS Agreements to employ young workers on part-time/seasonal basis from 15th May to 15th September (and Christmas/Easter holidays) 13

  14. DISSEMINATION OF PROJECT’S RESULTS • http://apf.fiba.it/activeageing.nsf • Uni Europa and Partners’ websites • Dissemination of results to stakeholders: • Sector Trade Union Members and Colleagues, European Banking • Federations, European Institutions • - Universities 14

  15. THANKS! CONTACT AND DETAILS Pier Luigi Ledda, Project Manager: pledda@fiba.it Luciano Malvolti, International Dept: lucianomal@libero.it

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