Industrial Relations and Labor Standards

Eni's industrial relations system is characterised by a consolidated relationship based on dialogue and exchange with workers' representatives, organised in a series of union agreements on three territorial levels:

• at a national level an Industrial Relations Protocol is in place, signed in 2001 by the major union organisations;
• at a European level the European Works Council (CAE) has been active since 1995 , the founding statute of which, renewed in 2001 and 2004, was extended for a further three years at the close of 2007
• at an international level the " Industrial Relations at Transnational Level and Corporate Social Responsibility Agreement" , signed with the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers Union (ICEM) and Italian unions, extends to a global level the dialogue with workers' representatives.

In 2009, Eni maintained an open dialogue with the trade union organizations, which led to the renewal of the agreement on Industrial Relations at an International Level and on the Social Responsibility of the Company with the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers Union (ICEM) and Italian unions.

In June 2009, the thirteenth annual meeting of the Italian European Works Council was held in Lisbon.
Eni is committed to set up a training program for the CAE delegates concerning the European Directive on the European Works Councils and the advancement process of labour regulations.

A research project on international industrial relations is about to be launched and will focus primarily on trans-national agreements in order to identify the best practices adopted by other major industrial groups.