Hera launches the company welfare plan, side by side with families
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A transversal plan for all Group companies from Emilia-Romagna to the Triveneto region to the Marche, aiming for flexibility to meet the needs of more than 8,500 workers and their families.
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Hextra is born...
It is called Hextra, and it is the new integrated company welfare plan that has been in place since July 2016 for everyone working at the Hera Group.
Also thanks to recent tax incentives introduced for welfare initiatives, every year the employees of all of the Hera Group's consolidated companies, which today number more than 8,500, can benefit from the same standardised plan.
This is an important commitment which works alongside other employee welfare activities in which the Group has already invested for some time now (canteen, car parks, nurseries, summer programmes, etc.).
The welfare plan encompasses a wide range of thematic areas to choose from, corresponding to just as many local sectors for the supply of goods and services: health and healthcare, insurance and social security, support for the education of children, services for individuals, welfare and income support. The investment in education for children is particularly significant and involves an additional contribution provided by the company to employees who meet specific requirements. The goal of this policy is to highlight the importance placed by the Group on culture and education, traditional values underlying the company's mission, which are confirmed in the success of Heracademy, the corporate university designed to develop and enhance worker skills.
Lastly, those who choose to do so may allocate part of the value of their own welfare plan to Hera Solidale, the Group project which for years has involved workers in supporting a wide range of solidarity initiatives throughout the communities served by the multiutility company. The plan's investments are also expected to have positive impacts on the communities, thanks to the downstream business generated by the services provided. Therefore, this company welfare approach places the families of workers at the very centre while also developing positive relationships with local communities.
Tommasi: "We invest in the welfare of families and the community"
"We began with a long phase of listening, using questionnaires and focus groups, to understand how to put together a welfare plan that could improve our commitment to our employees" explains Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano, Chairman of the Hera Group. "We are satisfied with the solution we've developed as, aside from increasing resources, it also allows for a more streamlined use of them and, especially, it allows our workers to decide how to manage their contribution based on their own personal and family needs. If we consider the expansion and consolidation of the Group, Hextra represents a significant step forward, which enables us to create value and efficiency in the interest of everyone involved, while contributing towards protecting the wallets of families during this financially difficult time".