On March 25, 2025, a new sectoral contract was signed between Confapi and Federmanager. The contract is redefined for managers and senior executives of small and medium businesses that produce both goods and services, and will remain in effect until December 31, 2027.
It defines new minimum monthly base salaries as follows:
– From January 1, 2025, €5,773.79 for managers, rising to €6,081.48 from January 1, 2026.
– From January 1, 2025, €3,846.15 for senior executives, rising to €4,000.00 from January 1, 2026.
For managers under 43, newly hired or promoted, their contract minimum for 2025 will be €4,540.80 and €4,783.75 for 2026. The same amounts are set, in an experimental mode, for managers who have been unemployed or underemployed for more than 6 months. For senior executives in the same situation, the contract minimums will be €2,978.72 for 2025 and €3,097.87 for 2026.
These increases initially cover the periods of January, February, and March 2025, paid out in the April 2025 payslip. Starting from April 1, 2025, an additional amount for reimbursement of unexplained expenses during transfers and missions is determined at €100.00 for managers and €65.00 for senior executives, for periods not less than 12 hours and no longer than 2 weeks.
Regarding maternity/paternity leave, the allowance equal to 80% of the salary that happens during the first month of leave, until the child’s 6th year of life, is supplemented to a sum of 100% of the salary.
Certain changes have been made regarding the following aspects:
– The conservation period due to suspension of service due to illness or non-work-related injury: The company will preserve the position for a manager not on probation for a period of 12 months (paying full salary). This period will be extended to 18 months in case of cancer diseases.
– Transfer of the manager: This cannot be ordered for managers who have completed the 55th year and those with dependent children with a recognized disability. For managers with younger children, a transfer can’t be ordered for those over 50 years old.
– Additional welfare: Predicting a contribution chargeable to the enterprise equal to 5% of the gross total salary received by each manager in service.
– Notice periods for termination of an open-ended contract were redefined according to the manager’s years of service.
Finally, there was the agreement to payout a one-time amount to cover the year 2024, to be paid in two installments with the salary for April 2025 and June 2025 respectively. This bonus is €3,000.00 for managers who have been categorized as such since at least January 1, 2024, and have enjoyed an RAL of up to €95,000.00. For senior executives, the payout will be €2,000.00, if they were classified as such from January 1, 2024, and enjoyed an RAL of up to €65,000.00.
