At Poste Italiane, we believe that employee well-being is essential. That’s why we are constantly working to improve the quality of life for our people and their loved ones, ensuring a healthy work-life balance. As a Group, we have progressively strengthened our commitment to care responsibilities, reinforcing our welfare system and disseminating a strong corporate culture through initiatives designed for employees and their families. Increasing attention is also being given to personalised care, the work-life balance, the support and growth of the young generations, protection for vulnerable individuals, and fostering a greater sense of belonging and corporate identity.
Our Corporate Welfare System
The needs of individuals and the well-being of our entire workforce are the cornerstone of our corporate welfare system. We consider the whole person, going beyond the workplace to include their personal lives and their social, family, and territorial context.
By listening and valuing individual contributions, we engage and firmly support all our employees in achieving shared goals together. We firmly believe that only by fostering a positive, inclusive, and engaging workplace can our people achieve a positive impact for themselves, Poste Italiane, and all our stakeholders.
By listening and valuing individual contributions, we engage and firmly support all our employees in achieving shared goals together. We firmly believe that only by fostering a positive, inclusive, and engaging workplace can our people achieve a positive impact for themselves, Poste Italiane, and all our stakeholders.
Our Welfare Services, Projects, and Initiatives in Different Areas
At Poste Italiane, we place great importance on supporting parents by implementing actions of support and protection measures that go beyond legal requirements. To this end, we have introduced a dedicated policy to support mothers and fathers. In particular, during maternity leave and the alternative paternity leave, we pay full wages (100%) for all months of absence from work, compared to the 80% required by law. Furthermore, we ensure an enhanced financial benefit for mothers and fathers taking parental leave. Specifically, for leave taken until the child reaches six years of age, each parent receives 80% of their salary for an additional two months, in addition to the one month at 80% covered by the national social security institute (INPS), which can be shared between both parents.
We also support employees undergoing medically assisted reproduction (MAR) by granting specific recovery leave.
Our commitment to supporting parenthood is reflected in various initiatives and services, including:
We also support employees undergoing medically assisted reproduction (MAR) by granting specific recovery leave.
Our commitment to supporting parenthood is reflected in various initiatives and services, including:
- The Lifeed project, which aims to turn the parenting experience into a "masterclass" in transferable skills that can be useful on returning to work. The programme is designed for new mothers and fathers, but also for parents with children up to 18 years old. Approximately 1,200 parents took part in Lifeed in 2023.
- Promotion of shared parenting, encouraging the involvement and active participation of fathers in family responsibilities, with the goal of fostering equal opportunities for career development.
- Nursery services, available at our Rome and Bologna offices, where the company pays 55% of the monthly fee for employees.
- Seminars, webinars, and counselling services dedicated to parenting.
- Summer camps for employees' children and siblings with disabilities, fully funded by Poste Italiane, providing them with entertainment and individual assistance from dedicated staff. These camps offer a valuable opportunity for social interaction and full inclusion, while also giving families practical support in their daily caregiving needs.
Our employees have access to a supplementary healthcare fund. Specifically, we offer two options: a "Basic Package", fully covered by the company, and a "Plus Package", which requires an employee contribution. In both cases, healthcare coverage can be extended to family members by paying an additional contribution. Employees, their families, and retirees can also benefit from Poste Centro Medico, a centre of excellence dedicated to healthcare and prevention, offering consultations and medical tests in 13 specialities.
Regarding supplementary pension schemes, we support our employees by contributing to the funding of Fondoposte for non-managerial staff and Fondo PREVINDAI for managerial staff.
Finally, we promote well-being and social awareness among the young by organising educational sessions for employees and their family members on issues connected to ethics and healthy lifestyles.
Regarding supplementary pension schemes, we support our employees by contributing to the funding of Fondoposte for non-managerial staff and Fondo PREVINDAI for managerial staff.
Finally, we promote well-being and social awareness among the young by organising educational sessions for employees and their family members on issues connected to ethics and healthy lifestyles.
Ensuring and improving our employees' work-life balance is one of our goals. To this end, our people can opt for Agile Working (smart working) in accordance with the provisions of the National Collective Labour Agreement (CCNL) and a specific trade union agreement.
To meet the specific personal or family needs of our employees, we also facilitate teleworking and part-time arrangements.
Smart working is a vital tool for us that allows employees to balance personal, family, and professional needs and protect those in vulnerable situations. Moreover, smart working enables us to optimise the organisation and use the resources in ways that more fully respect the environment and collective well-being by reducing commuting and therefore traffic congestion, while lowering carbon emissions.
For employees whose roles do not typically allow remote working, we still offer smart working when they need to participate in specific training activities arranged by the company.
To meet the specific personal or family needs of our employees, we also facilitate teleworking and part-time arrangements.
Smart working is a vital tool for us that allows employees to balance personal, family, and professional needs and protect those in vulnerable situations. Moreover, smart working enables us to optimise the organisation and use the resources in ways that more fully respect the environment and collective well-being by reducing commuting and therefore traffic congestion, while lowering carbon emissions.
For employees whose roles do not typically allow remote working, we still offer smart working when they need to participate in specific training activities arranged by the company.
To promote intercultural exchange, education, and the dissemination of positive values, numerous initiatives are launched each year to support our people and the communities in which we operate, with a particular focus on young people.
- We offer scholarships to study abroad for the deserving children of employees with academic and professional guidance and the development of soft skills. For example, we involved 15,000 students from 133 schools across Italy and 10 major companies in the “School4Life 2.0” project, to forge a bond between education and the business world and reduce school dropout rates.
- Through sports, we create opportunities for social interaction and stronger human bonds. In this regard, we formed the Poste Italiane National Football Team, our starting point in promoting the values of sport among all our employees.
Our Poste Mondo Welfare programme provides a range of social, educational, recreational, and caregiving benefits and services, which can be easily obtained through the voluntary conversion of performance-based bonuses.
The goods and services available within Poste Mondo Welfare are highly diversified and meet the needs of our entire workforce, including in healthcare, childcare and postnatal care, work-life balance, and innovative travel and holiday proposals.
For example, through the “Fiocco Giallo” initiative, we celebrate the birth of employees' children by presenting parents with a box full of high-quality baby care and hygiene products.
In addition, we have introduced PosteXTe, a corporate discount programme for employees and their family members, and retirees, allowing them to purchase products and services at preferential rates from carefully selected suppliers. The partners and products available in the programme provide wide territorial coverage, offering a broad range of benefits related to personal well-being, home care, essential mobility needs, shopping, travel, sports, dining, leisure, and entertainment.
Finally, we encourage and organise the active engagement of all employees in local communities and non-profit organisations through our Corporate Volunteering Programme.
The goods and services available within Poste Mondo Welfare are highly diversified and meet the needs of our entire workforce, including in healthcare, childcare and postnatal care, work-life balance, and innovative travel and holiday proposals.
For example, through the “Fiocco Giallo” initiative, we celebrate the birth of employees' children by presenting parents with a box full of high-quality baby care and hygiene products.
In addition, we have introduced PosteXTe, a corporate discount programme for employees and their family members, and retirees, allowing them to purchase products and services at preferential rates from carefully selected suppliers. The partners and products available in the programme provide wide territorial coverage, offering a broad range of benefits related to personal well-being, home care, essential mobility needs, shopping, travel, sports, dining, leisure, and entertainment.
Finally, we encourage and organise the active engagement of all employees in local communities and non-profit organisations through our Corporate Volunteering Programme.