Piaggio adopts a system of recruitment, development and salary packages for personnel which recognises and rewards merit and performance. Any type of discrimination is specifically forbidden by the Code of Ethics.

The primary focus on human resources and the development of core competencies for business development are the cornerstone of relationships with people and are reflected in the following corporate policies:

Competitive organisation

The Group pursues an innovative organisational approach as a way to create a competitive edge and support a multicultural, multinational, lean organisation focused on the customer and on generating value.

In its relations with staff and regardless of the work they carry out, Piaggio respects the principles set forth by the Group's Code of Ethics in all circumstances, as well as the laws in force in the geographic areas where it operates.

Piaggio does not resort to child labour according to the age limits in force in the various countries or to forced labour and adheres to main international laws, such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the 1998 Human Rights Act. 

Recruitment and internal mobility

During 2021, resourcing activities mainly focused on highly professional and specialised positions, and new professional competencies in the e-mobility and cyber security area.

Recruitment is now fully supported by digital tools, so that a common methodology can be adopted at a global level.

Alongside external recruitment, the number of positions filled by internal candidates has remained steady, with a view to job rotation and career development.

Career development 

Development and career paths at Piaggio are mainly based on the assessment of managerial and technical skills, behaviour, performance and potential, with the aim of creating a pool of highly motivated individuals to fill key positions.

The development of the core skills necessary to remain in step with evolving markets and business is a priority. This is why the Group's human resources development policies focus on building, maintaining and developing factors that are instrumental for competing in international contexts which are continually evolving.

The Group's managerial and professional competencies model

Piaggio has identified a managerial skills model, which constitutes the set of behaviours to be put into practice each day, in order to ensure the success of the manager in question and the Group as a whole at global level.

At the same time, Piaggio has developed a reference model regarding the various professional skills required, which represent the shared assets of professionalism and expertise that constitute the true foundation of the company, and serve as the only real guarantee of continuity and quality of results.

In 2021, detailed periodic gap analysis was conducted, in order to set up training and continual professional development plans.

The Group's managerial competencies model

The Group's managerial and professional competencies model

Development paths

The goal of the development tools is to build and improve the managerial and professional skills required by the respective models, while realising potential and assessing and rewarding excellent performance, as well as safeguarding specific technical know-how. Specifically, the tools used by Piaggio include:

  • development plans, which identify the actions to be taken for employee development; 
  • job rotation and participation in strategic or international projects; 
  • management and professional training (see "training" section); 
  • the talent management programme for younger employees (see the "talent management" section). 

Career paths

Resources are encouraged to follow a career path focused on continual improvement through training and development of their expertise, so they can successfully tackle the changes and challenges of the near future.

Performance appraisal processes for succession planning are created to develop the technical expertise and managerial skills of resources, in order to consolidate the Group's leadership role. Expatriation and job rotation, plus Talent Development programmes are key to encouraging the growth of resources and laying the foundations for shaping the managers of tomorrow.

In line with market best practices, Piaggio deploys a number of tools for the supervision and management of succession plans with regard to key Group positions, and in 2021, the Group used the global IT platform to test the methodology implemented, which also takes into account the skills and performances recorded each year.

Evaluation

The Group places great importance on using transparent criteria and methods for reviewing employees with respect to:

  • performance, 
  • managerial and professional competencies and language skills, 
  • international mobility, 
  • potential, 
  • professional aspirations and goals, 

as regards their specific role and company needs.

Both the evaluator and the person being evaluated are given the opportunity to share the result of the performance and skills assessment, and to add to this with suggestions for the establishment of the individual development and training path, to be implemented in accordance with a clearly defined time scale through the dedicated SAP SuccessFactors IT platform.

Employees are evaluated by comparing their competencies against the company model for their specific role, as evidenced by concrete and observable behavioural indicators relative to their everyday work. The review process is managed in an integrated way through a dedicated IT platform and provides the information necessary for the processes of succession planning, management reviews and a gap analysis of professional competencies, which are conducted across the Group.

Percentage of employees who received performance and career development reviews in 20211

Percentage of employees who received performance and career development reviews in 2021

The company population and work performance during an appraisal period of at least 6 months is considered.

Talent Management: The talent development programme

Programmes to manage young talent are one of the main tools used for development, attraction and retention. The programmes are aimed at employees around the world who show high potential, great enthusiasm for their work and the courage to undertake new directions, in order to identify and ensure a growth path for the most deserving resources.

In general, these programmes allow talented employees to access customised development plans, which comprise:

  • coaching and personalised training; 
  • strategic and international projects; 
  • job rotation. 

The programmes include Piaggio Way, which involves employees under 35 years of age, from all geographic areas of the Group. At present 30 employees are involved, in addition to a community of 66 students who have completed their development plan and who still remain active in the programme.

The geographic breakdown of active participants is as follows: 40% EMEA, 23% India, 37% Asia Pacific.

Access to the programme is on a meritocratic basis and includes an assessment by a third party to guarantee the impartiality and objectivity of the evaluation.

A structured Talent Review process is conducted each year to verify programme participation.

Geographic distribution of talent and breakdown by gender as of 31 December 2021

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Training

Training is one of the tools used to consolidate and develop the competences of resources and strengthen their motivation. In particular, the Piaggio Group's training system is based on four main clusters: managerial, vocational/technical, linguistic and Health & Safety (H&S).

Training activities are managed with the support of an IT tool that includes the following steps:

  • annual analysis of training needs with line Managers, HR Managers and H&S (for safety aspects) taking into account gaps emerging from performance appraisals, development and career plans and specific business projects; 
  • planning of training activities in line with the Piaggio competency model; 
  • planning and delivery of courses with the identification of participants’ level of satisfaction. 

The analysis of occupational health and safety training needs is carried out together with the Health & Safety department, with the aim of meeting legal obligations, observing company procedures introduced to strengthen awareness and enhance knowledge of specific risks and respond to any specific needs.

In 2021, taking into account the limitations due to anti-COVID measures, classroom training activities were reduced and the use of digital tools for training (e-learning courses and synchronous training in virtual classrooms) was consolidated.

Technical/professional training focused considerably on the development of skills in design, vehicle planning, programme management and the implementation of innovative tools for data management and team collaboration.

In Italy, training was also carried out in e-learning mode for over 600 resources on compliance issues pursuant to Legislative Decree 231, on the crimes related to this Decree, and on the specific methods of conduct indicated by the Piaggio Code of Ethics and Organisational Model.

As part of a specific project, more than 1,500 hours of training/awareness-raising were provided to Indian employees on the prevention of sexual harassment crimes.

Training hours2 by area of intervention and geographic segment

Training hours by area of intervention and geographic segment

Training hours by gender

Training hours by gender

Total training hours by professional category

Total training hours by professional category

2 The figure does not include hours of on-the-job training.

This category includes agency workers and interns.

Rewards

Reward policies are designed to reward individuals and recognise their contribution to the company, according to the criteria of competitiveness, fairness and meritocracy, which are openly shared throughout the evaluation processes, in order to motivate and retain those individuals who make significant contributions to the achievement of business results.

The Group reward system is differentiated for the various professional groups in the company, and consists of a fixed salary component and variable objective- and benefits-based incentive systems.

In Italy, in 2021 Piaggio set up a digital platform to manage welfare services, through which employees can exercise the choice options provided for in their national employment contracts and supplementary company agreements.

Salary packages

Piaggio offers to new recruits and all its employees a salary package in line with best market practices. Accordingly, Piaggio has adopted a structured salary review process based on:

  • comparing salaries with market benchmarks, considering the market positioning of the company as a whole and the review of individual organisational roles, which is periodically revised. Comparisons are conducted using internationally recognised methods, with the support of specialist consultants; 
  • setting out guidelines for the salary review process that take into account company results and focus on criteria of meritocracy, competitiveness, internal fairness and sustainability; 
  • the timely identification of fixed and variable remuneration actions, consistent with defined guidelines, with meritocratic logics and the retention needs of strategic resources for the business, also with a view to the development of roles defined through the succession planning process. 

An analysis performed on a single country basis did not reveal any significant differences between the basic salary and remuneration of men compared to women with the same category, experience and assigned duties.

Piaggio complies with labour laws in the various countries where it operates, adopting collective bargaining agreements where applicable.

Ratio of average basic salaries for women to average basic salaries for men of the same professional category4

Ratio of average basic salaries for women to average basic salaries for men of the same professional category

4 In individual geographical areas, the categories not represented do not have female employees or their small number would make the calculation insignificant.

Objective-based incentive systems

The achievement of excellent results in terms of objectives set by the company is rewarded through variable incentive systems, focused on business-related qualitative and quantitative objectives as well as on the internal efficiency of each area of responsibility.

The full process of setting objectives and reviewing results is conducted with employees, using objective criteria.

Benefits

Piaggio offers a benefits package in line with best local market practices, which is structured on an organisational basis. Benefits include, by way of example:

  • company car; 
  • private health insurance; 
  • company medical centre at various production sites; 
  • agreements with local groups and facilities of interest for employees. 

Benefits are provided to full-time as well as to part-time employees without differentiation.

Diversity and equal opportunities

Piaggio operates globally with a diversity of employees, in terms of age and gender, in Europe, America, India and Asia. Staff diversity represents values and opportunities arising from various different ways of pursuing and achieving the highest levels of performance within a single, broader Group organisational design.

For Piaggio, managing diversity means acknowledging and respecting differences as part of the shared substratum of company culture. The Group therefore rejects any form of discrimination on the basis of gender, age, nationality, ethnic background, ideology or religion. It operates in strict compliance with law and with contractual requirements, and in keeping with the customs, practices and usages of each country in which the Group operates.

The Group's concrete commitment to embracing diversity is reflected by its adoption of a Code of Ethics, conformity to international laws on equal opportunities and use of policies that protect forms of diversity already found within the company.

The Group seeks to spread its culture and values throughout the world through shared digital platforms (company Intranet and tools supporting the work of HR such as the Success Factor, Piaggio Global Training), with a view to creating the conditions for fostering an international mindset and a building a truly multinational organisation, in which all employees can benefit from equal opportunities.

Human resources management processes are conducted applying the same principles of merit, fairness and transparency in all the countries in which the Group operates, with the accent placed on aspects of relevance for the local culture.

Piaggio selects and hires its staff based solely on the candidates’ characteristics and experiences and the requirements of the position. As shown in the graph below5, Piaggio promotes and supports the recruitment of candidates from many parts of the world, to contribute to the international mindset that is a key value for the Group.

Percentage of senior managers of local nationality divided by geographic segment as of 31 December

Percentage of senior managers of local nationality divided by geographic segment as of 31 December

5 Figures include senior managers, first- and second-level executives reporting to top management at Piaggio & C SpA, and the first- and second-level executives of subsidiaries.
The term local refers to the national level and local senior managers means senior managers with nationality the same as the country where they work.

In order to promote and sustain intercultural exchange and diversity management, the Group encourages the international mobility of its people, enabling the reciprocal secondment of employees between Group companies.

Female employment

Female employees at Piaggio play a fundamental role at all levels of the organisational structure. Females make up 22% of the workforce, in line with the previous year in all professional categories.

Company employees by gender and geographic segment as of 31 December

Company employees by gender and geographic segment as of 31 December 2021

Number of women employees as of 31 December

Number of women employees as of 31 December 2021

Company employees by contract type, gender and geographic segment as of 31 December 2021

Company employees by contract type, gender and geographic segment as of 31 December 2021

Equal opportunities are offered to employees of both genders, with concrete initiatives in place to help people strike a balance between work and domestic life. Such initiatives include alternatives to full-time work.

Company employees by professional category and age bracket as of 31 December 2021

Company employees by professional category and age bracket as of 31 December

Part-time employment in Italy as of 31 December 2021

Part-time employment in Italy as of 31 December 2021

Young employees

Within the Group, the company's largest population is in the 30-50 age group. The generational mix is essential for more experienced workers, who can set an example and pass on skills and abilities learned over time, to impart their knowledge to younger employees.

Company employees by professional category and age bracket as of 31 DecemberCompany employees up to 30 years of age by geographic segment as of 31 December 2021

Company employees up to 30 years of age by geographic segment as of 31 December

Company employees up to 30 years of age by geographic segment as of 31 December 2021

Parental/maternity leave

Our companies apply laws passed by pertinent national legislation.

The Group does not discriminate in any way against women who take maternity leave. Indeed, to support work-child care balance, a horizontal part-time contract has been granted to 184 employees in Italy. In addition, as further support for work-life balance, employees at the Pontedera site can benefit from an agreement for childcare support (see the Industrial Relations section). As demonstration of the above, the following information has been provided for the companies where the phenomenon is more numerically significant6.

Parental/maternity leave

In Italy, all employees who are parents of a child7 up to 12 years of age are entitled to an additional period of absence from work. In Vietnam, this opportunity is guaranteed up to 7 years of age.

6 The figures refer only to parental leave requested up to the child's first birthday. 
7 Natural, adopted or in foster care.

Engagement and dialogue with staff

The Piaggio Group’s internal communication guidelines are designed to keep employees informed with regard to business performance and prospects, bringing them closer to top management strategies. The system is based on the conviction that sharing strategic objectives with every employee is a key factor to success.

Piaggio uses communication and information tools which respect and empower the social and cultural realities within the Group.

In particular, in Italy there is an active national Intranet portal, “PiaggioNet”, which provides information on the Group, with company news and the latest on the product ranges of the various brands, as well as a range of staff services (e.g. transfer management, manuals/internal procedures, Piaggio Global Training platform and direct access to the online company publication Wide Piaggio Group Magazine, which is also published on the Group’s websites, updated on a continual basis and available in Italian and English versions).

In order to facilitate communication with employees and workers and dematerialise the payroll distribution process, a specific portal accessible to employees has been set up.

Similar information is made available to the employees of foreign subsidiaries through the dedicated Intranet portal "PiaggioNet International", whose contents are published in English.

Additional specific initiatives are provided for employees of premises in Vietnam and India.

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