Best Italia Economy Portal: Costa Cruises’ 70 transfers in Hamburg. ” It is about 25 redundancies

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Costa Cruises’ 70 transfers in Hamburg. ” It is about 25 redundancies – Il Sole 24 Ore

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This article was published on March 5, 2015 at 09:25.

Costa Cruises has quantified in 70 people the resources that should be transferred from Genoa to Hamburg, with the four divisions that will be taken to Germany. He then put on paper the will to avoid redundancies (although it profilino 25) and that its “strategic business plan is not divulged in its entirety for reasons of IPO, but will be made known to the trade unions the information they requests. ”

There will, therefore, the strike of the employees of Costa Cruises threatened in recent days, for Friday, although the unions maintain the active state of agitation. Representatives of Filt-CGIL, CISL and Fit-Uiltrasporti have met today with the head of human resources of Costa, Maria Luisa Bozzano, accompanied by labor consultant Flavio Caggiula. It has opened a negotiation on the 161 professionals who, with the transfer of the four divisions, will no longer be necessary in the headquarters of Genoa.

Of these, five have already left the company because they assumed with fixed-term contract expired and not renewed. This leaves 156 seats, 24 more of which are composed of employing temporary staff (for which the union prepares a battle addressed to keep the jobs in the company); with an additiona l 10 managers (who treat their behalf with Costa).

This brings to 122 employees. The company, according to the minutes of the meeting, “is believed to be able to place” inside “27 people”, divided as follows: “10 contact centers” and “17 with similar professionalism albeit in different sectors.” You reach the number of 95 seats. Among these are the 70 that Costa intends to transfer to Hamburg and for which provides a salary adjustment to the cost of the German city and contributions, for six months, for the rent and for the transfer.

There remain, then, 25 other people who constitute redundancies. However, the company has opened the possibility of alternative solutions. Indeed, in the minutes, the Parties agree that “the overall problem of affected units will be managed taking into account the following tools: processes of part-time generalized; Accompanying the voluntary retirement; any options Individual transfer to other locations; use of social safety nets in collective terms; incentives for early retirement; research placement at major suppliers. All aimed at the common will of the parties not to have redundant staff. “

At the end of the meeting the Bozzano said:” Today’s meeting in the presence of trade unions has been positive and constructive. The dialogue between the parties continues as advocated by the company from the start. The parties are meeting for next Friday, March 6, to further investigate the details. “

Monday Costa Cruises will begin to understand how the individual interviews, among its employees, are really willing to move Hamburg.