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Banco Bpm strengthens smart working: a plan to extend it in branches

Agreement with trade unions to expand work-life balance possibilities and to introduce new protections for bankers

14 May 2025

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At Banco Bpm, where a complex negotiation is underway for the renewal of the supplementary agreement, the bankers will be able to have at least a couple of certainties on the organisation of work at the bank. The first is that smart working will be strengthened, with more possibilities to reconcile life and work and more protections, especially for the most fragile workers and those with greater family loads. The second is that there is an opening to use this working method also in branches and in customer care: in October, discussions will begin to define, on an experimental basis, the activation criteria and the target groups of workers.

The trade unions (First, Fabi, Uilca, Fisac and Unisin) have in fact signed a further important agreement with the bank on agile work, which launches a 12-month trial in which the staff of head office structures and customer support development are also allowed to access agile work. A maximum of ten agile work days per month is envisaged for head office employees.

Disasters and 100% smart working

In addition, in the case of particularly serious situations, such as natural disasters, earthquakes or extreme weather conditions, remote working mode may be used up to five days a week, to protect people's safety.

The extension to branches

Among the novelties of this agreement is the commitment shared by the parties to extend smart working also to the sales network. A specific discussion on this issue is already planned for October 2025, with the aim of identifying rules and tools to make this opportunity possible also for those working on the network.

Additional days during children's summer holidays

The agreement includes a series of additional days to help work-life balance for certain categories. For example, for parents of children up to 12 years old, there is a package of eight additional days of agile work that can be used in the period between June and September. The same package is provided for those who assist disabled family members benefiting from the permits provided for by Law 104/92.

... and 100% smart working

In addition to this, for workers with particularly serious and certified health conditions, or in the case of personal needs related to temporary emergencies, it will be possible to access a smart working regime of up to five days a week, thus strengthening protection against individual fragility.

Care for all employees

"We are extremely satisfied with the result achieved in that the experimental agreement on agile work integrates what has already been in place since February 2023, for a further 12 months," commented the Fabi coordinator in the Banco Bpm group, Gianpaolo Fontana. "What was signed for industrial relations took into account the levels of representativeness of the individual trade union organisations and, therefore, will allow us to best carry out our role in protecting female and male workers. For Cristina Cavina of First Cisl, the agreement confirms 'the attention of our organisation to an evolution of work that is in step with the times and attentive to the concrete needs of people. We wanted to introduce measures that really support families and protect those in more vulnerable conditions'. "The commitment to the contractualisation of agile work also at the branch network, planned from next October, is aimed at reconciling work-life time without discriminating against those who do not work in central structures," adds Uilca Gruppo Banco Bpm secretary in charge Paola Minzon. "The agreement, in increasing the possibility and flexibility of the days to current users, finally sees Banco Bpm in tune with the union in seeking the best solutions for all employees.