Leonardo and the national trade union organizations today signed the Memorandum of Intent on early retirement based on the Fornero Law. The agreement, reads a note, is part of the intentions already announced in five-year business plan presented last January 30, it will involve 1.100 employees who will become eligible for retirement within the maximum time frame of the 4 years following the exits scheduled in the two-year period 2018-2019.
A similar table will subsequently be opened for the extension of the measure to executives. The objective of the manoeuvre, underlines Leonardo, is to preserve the capacity and production continuity of the individual sites ensuring the maintenance of key competencies and developing new ones. In parallel with the efficiency improvement process, in fact, the company plans to launch, according to what is explained in the press release, compatibly with the economic resources available and in line with the objectives and needs of the business, a cycle of new hires.
“The agreement is strategic to support the process of technological transformation and sustainable development of the company”, he comments Alessandro Profumo, CEO of Leonardo. "The Protocol is an important step for the full execution of the 2018-2022 Business Plan through the maintenance of skills and the inclusion of new profiles to meet the evolution of the market".
The launch of discussion tables is envisaged, at divisional and subsidiary company level, to define the operational details, in relation to company needs and the accrual of access requirements. The operation will take place during the two-year period 2018-2019 ensuring the correct transfer of knowledge and skills in the period between the signing of the agreement and that of the effective termination, specifies the note.
In today's stock market session, Leonardo is among the stocks that emerge in positive territory at mid-day, with a gain of more than +0,8% on €9,334 per share. In the last month, after the crash following the presentation of the business plan, the stock has recovered, gaining more than 8%.
