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20 Eni for 2016 | Sustainability Performance

Industrial relations

(number) 2014 2015 2016
Employees covered by collective bargaining (Italy) 28,123 27,426 27,940
Consultations, negotiations with trade unions on organizational changes (Italy) 308 334 295
Number of employees in trade unions 13,715 12,627 12,964

The global framework agreement on international equality/equal opportunity and maternity protection)
industrial relations and corporate social responsibility, and recognition of the ILO Conventions.
signed in Barcelona on 6 July, 2016 is aimed at enhancing, The obligation undertaken under this framework
applying and disseminating respect for human rights and agreement was implemented in 2016 through the
employment rights, non-discrimination, diversity (gender realization of specific training courses.

Employment disputes

2014 2015 2016
Employee disputes (number) 883 977 812
Prevention/disputes ratio 391/883 648/977 562/812
Disputes/employees ratio (%) 2.58 2.90 2.46

In 2016, thanks to Eni’s commitment to preventing At global level, the number of claims directly connected
employment law disputes through pre-trial activities aimed with the performance of work contracts such as claims
at reducing the number of disputes and the consequent relating to the type of contract, recognition of pay
costs, the dispute ratio is the lowest recorded in the differences and alleged downgrading or demotion, remain
three-year period (2.46%). Most of the disputes are at an extremely low level which, if considered in relation
pending in Italy (758) and, in 37% of cases, concern to the number of employees, amounts to 0.16% of the
claims for damages by former employees, or their heirs, employees in service at the end of December 2016 (0.30%
for alleged occupational diseases. These alleged diseases in 2015). This confirms a work organization model which
are related to exposure to potentially damaging agents allows Eni personnel, through a shared system of personnel
occurring in the past, often before the early 1990s, in classification, to make the most of their skills and potential.
industrial sites that were not managed by Eni but acquired
years later as a result of corporate transactions.