News Flash No. 29/2025 Last Saturday, November 22, an agreement was signed for the renewal of the CCNL, which governs the four-year period 2025-28, for companies and workers in the Metalmechanics sector. Federmeccanica-Assistal is the signatory party, and this Collective Agreement applies, which, we recall, had expired in June 2024 and had only been subject to contractual renewal agreements. The agreed monthly increase, at the average level (C3 formerly 5th level), is 205.32 euros,

News Flash No. 28/2025 The recent Decree-Law No. 159/2025, effective since October 31, 2025, and containing “Urgent measures for the protection of health and safety in the workplace and in civil protection matters,” specifies in Article 13 how the rules change regarding the obligation for company directors to communicate their digital domicile (PEC) to the Business Register (amendment to Article 5, paragraph 1, of Decree-Law No. 179 of 2012, as g

News Flash No. 25/2025 The recent Law No. 151 of October 8, 2025 amended Article 2 of the historic Law No. 260 of 1949 on provisions relating to public holidays, introducing October 4 as a public holiday, with the resulting legal, regulatory, and economic effects. Article 2 of Law No. 269 of 1949 has been amended as follows: "The following days are considered public holidays, for the purposes of observing the full public holiday schedule and the prohibition on co

News No. 26/2025 The draft agreement for the contractual renewal of the CCNL for executives in the Tertiary, Distribution, and Services sectors was signed on November 5th between Manageritalia and Confcommercio - Imprese per l’Italia and will have a three-year duration from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2028. It will come into full effect following approval by the Governing Bodies of the contracting parties. The draft renewal, which arrived ahead of sche

News No. 22/2025 Strikes are a constitutionally protected right under Article 40, which states: «the right to strike is exercised within the framework of the laws that regulate it». This Constitutional provision, while recognizing the fundamental right to strike on the one hand, on the other hand, establishes that it cannot be exercised indiscriminately but must occur in conformity with the laws that regulate it. A strike constitutes:

Flash News No. 21/2025 With protocol No. 176/2025 dated September 30, 2025, the Quadri Health Assistance Fund (Cassa di Assistenza Sanitaria Quadri) announces that, in light of the contractual renewals in 2024, effective January 1, 2026, the employer's contribution due to QuAS for each Quadro (managerial employee) will increase by an additional 20 euros.

News Flash No. 19/2025 Effective September 1, 2025, a salary increase will apply to workers covered by the Unionmeccanica-Confapi National Collective Bargaining Agreement (CCNL). This decision follows the agreement for the increase in minimum wages signed on July 24, 2025, between Unionmeccanica Confapi and FIM, FIOM, UIL for the 2025-2026 period, with the aim of safeguarding the mutual interest in economic and regulatory balance within the metalworking sector. Consequently,