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Italian companies focus on training and passing skills between generations
Several Italian companies say they are investing in training and helping employees share skills across generations.
Philip Morris and Fastweb+Vodafone describe ongoing learning, mentoring and collaboration as ways to support workers and business innovation.
Longer working lives mean more generations are working together, changing how knowledge is learned and passed on.
Elettrotecnica Imolese says several key managers and technical staff are due to retire over the next five years.
The company has begun planning for this turnover so specialist knowledge is not lost.
A lawyer argues that age-management practices should be treated as active employment policies that support skills and business competitiveness, rather than as passive-policy costs.
The companies describe their current efforts, but no further steps or policy decisions are specified.
Italian companies are investing in training and skills development as work and business needs change.
Managers say mentoring, internal mobility and ongoing learning can help employees share knowledge across generations.
Elettrotecnica Imolese has started planning for the retirement of key managers and technical staff expected over the next five years.
A legal expert says age-management practices should be treated as active labour-market policy, rather than passive-policy costs.
- Who
- Italian companies, their employees and HR leaders.
- What
- Companies are investing in training and preparing to transfer skills between generations.
- When
- The article was published on 12 October 2026. Elettrotecnica Imolese expects several key staff to retire over the next five years.
- Where
- Italy.
- Why
- To develop employees, support innovation and competitiveness, and avoid losing specialist knowledge.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
We believe that competitiveness comes from the continuous growth of people.
We grow together, learning from one another.
We have started addressing generational turnover so as not to lose the wealth of knowledge and specialist skills within our company.
Age-management practices should be considered active labour-market policy tools, aimed at valuing skills and contributing to companies’ competitiveness and productivity.
This story does not have a timeline yet.
- Publication date
- 12 October 2026
- Company
- Philip Morris Italia
- Company
- Fastweb+Vodafone
- Company
- Elettrotecnica Imolese
- Expected retirements
- Several key managers and technical staff over the next five years
- Legal expert
- Ciro Cafiero, founder of Cafiero Pezzali & Associati
Sources
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