Ebitemp: national bilateral organization for temporary employment

Ebitemp nel mondo

Mission

Ebitemp is the national bilateral organisation for temporary employment, established in 2000 through a contractual agreement between the trade unions  and employers' associations in the temporary employment sector. The two Representative Associations for Employment Agencies [in Italian: Agenzie per il Lavoro] – ApL (Assolavoro and Assosomm), the temporary workers’ Trade Union Organizations (FeLSA-CISL, NIDIL-CGIL and UILTemp) and the three Trade Union Confederations (CGIL, CISL and UIL) are all associated with Ebitemp). Ebitemp is a non-profit organisation and it acts on behalf of both the workers and the agencies. Ebitemp has a dual function within a framework of labour relations based on the aims of development and qualification of production and employment in the sector:

  • management of bilateral arrangments and trade union rights in the field of agency work;

  • safeguarding and protecting of agency workers in accordance with the benefits defined in the national collection bargaining agreement.

To achieve its aims, Ebitemp relies on contributions paid by Employment Agencies, in the measure specified in the bargaining between the parties.

History

The decision by the trade unions and business associations to establish Ebitemp, the bilateral organisation for temporary employment, was made on 28 May 1998 , with the signing of the sector's first collective agreement. Bilateralism was identified as a methodology and tool to ensure temporary workers (subsequently identified as agency workers) innovative forms of protection to mitigate the inconvenience of discontinuous employment. 
During the first renewal of the collective agreement, in 2002, the first activities were launched for the protection of workers: in particular, accident compensation – a benefit that extends beyond the termination of employment – and the establishment of a guarantee fund. This provided workers with access to personal credit with more favourable conditions and simpler procedures than those adopted by the ordinary banking system.
The renewal of the collective agreement signed in July 2008 established a true welfare system for the sector, with the aim of creating effective responses to the changing needs of the workers. Other highly innovative aspects of the 2008 renewal were the establishment of the sector's supplementary pension fund (Fontemp) and the high degree of attention paid to health and safety in the workplace.
On 1 February 2017, Ebitemp launched new welfare services: the Social Partners further extended the range of safeguards by introducing contributions to support the education of workers and their children, inter-city travel, maternity and adoption, nursery expenses (also extended to working fathers) and allowances for workers with dependent family members who are not self-sufficient.
The renewal of the national collective bargaining agreement in 2019 further expanded the range of benefits provided, raising the maximum coverage limit and revising the regulations in a more inclusive perspective. On that occasion, the Health Protection pillar was also significantly strengthened, with the introduction of new packages specifically for the reimbursement of private medical services.
The most recent renewal of the collective agreement in July 2025 introduced further significant changes to the sector welfare provided through Ebitemp, enhancing its economic and social impact. The main measures include:

  • Increase in protection: a linear increase of 20% has been provided for on the caps and amounts of all current welfare benefits.

  • New Health Welfare: a specific and advanced sector health insurance scheme has been introduced.

  • Support for parenting and inclusion: new safeguards have been put in place for maternity (such as the contribution for educational materials for nursery school and post-maternity support for those on standby or reassignment) and for migrant workers, through the contribution for the costs of renewing their residence permit and the definitive stabilisation, in structural terms, of safeguards for refugees.

  • Combating discrimination and mobility: specific financial support has been introduced for women who are victims of gender-based violence and to combat harassment, as well as additional mobility support that provides for the reimbursement of extra-urban transport for those attending Forma.Temp courses lasting more than 200 hours.

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President

Simone Andrea d'Aniello

Vice-President

Francesco d'Amuri

Director

Enrico Giuntini

Assembly

The Assembly is composed of 30 equal members representing the workers' and employers' unions. The Assembly, which is normally convened three times a year, decides on initiatives to implement the purposes of Ebitemp and elects the President, Vice President and Board of Directors.

Board of Directors

Ebitemp is governed by a Board of Directors made up of the President, the Vice President and other members elected by the Assembly. The Board of Directors has all powers of ordinary and extraordinary administration.

Board of Auditors

The Board of Auditors is made up of three members (one nominated by the trade unions, one nominated by the employers' associations and one chosen by mutual agreement) and performs the surveillance tasks required by the Italian Civil Code. All the bodies, with the exception of the Board of Statutory Auditors, have equal membership among the parties to the agreement. 

Management and Staff

For the performance of its institutional tasks, Ebitemp relies on a structure composed of employees and external collaborators, under the operational responsibility of a Director.