Trade unions and Intesa renew second-level contract: there is also the 'very short week'
Those who have children up to the age of three can choose between a four-day schedule of 7.5 hours, for a total of 30 hours per week with equal pay, or 12 hours per week of paid leave
An agreement has been signed by Fabi and the other banking unions in Intesa Sanpaolo that defines part of the second level contract in force from January 2026 until December 2029. This was announced by Fabi, explaining that among the main points of the agreement, which affects 70 thousand workers in the group, there are the complementary pension with the increase in the basic quota to 4.5%, the expansion of paid leave, the meal voucher raised to €8 in 2026, €9 in 2027 and €10 in 2029. And also other forecasts on the time bank, the under-35 package and allowances for digital branch shifts and for IT and cyber security.
Introduced the 'very short week'
On the issue of work/life balance, the 'very short week' has been introduced, an innovative provision in favour of parenthood: those who have children up to three years of age will be able to choose between a four-day schedule of 7.5 hours, for a total of 30 hours per week with equal pay, or 12 hours per week of paid leave.
Towards the new Business Plan
"The renewal of the Intesa Sanpaolo collective agreement takes place every four years and is the time when all the institutions, economic and regulatory, are updated. With this agreement we have regulated some initial institutes. We will conclude this path after the presentation of the new Business Plan, announced for 2 February 2026, when we will address other key issues such as career paths, commercial policies and corporate climate, mobility," says Fabi coordinator in Intesa Sanpaolo, Paolo Citterio.
"In Intesa Sanpaolo, we have prepared for this important appointment thanks to the active contribution of colleagues through a questionnaire to which more than 7,000 people have signed up," Citterio concludes.
"This is a series of agreements of very important political and social value that have as their common direction the support of the least guaranteed workers in the Group and who find themselves in conditions of greater economic and social insecurity," commented the Intesa Sanpaolo Fisac CGIL secretary in charge, Roberto Gabellotti, referring to the agreement signed overnight by the trade unions. "In line with the values principles of the CGIL," he added, "with these agreements we are putting in place the necessary actions in the Group to achieve the objectives of personal protection, equality and social solidarity in support of social dignity and wages within the world of work".
