Joint Guarantee Committee

The Joint Guarantee Committee (CUG) is aimed at staff within the Provincial Administration and carries out propositional, advisory and monitoring tasks with two main objectives: to ensure the protection of male and female workers against discrimination and workplace bullying, and to promote a working environment characterised by organisational wellbeing. The CUG replaces and takes over the functions of the committees on equal opportunities and workplace bullying, bringing together their responsibilities and functions within a single body. 

The CUG carries out the following tasks, including as a contribution to the collective bargaining process:

• proactive tasksrelating to:

- promoting a culture of equality, equal opportunities and human dignity in the workplace

- strengthening work-life balance policies and measures designed to foster conditions of organisational wellbeing

- promoting initiatives, measures and projects to eliminate or prevent discrimination and physical, moral or psychological violence in the workplace

- disseminating data and best practice at national and international level on issues of equal opportunities and organisational wellbeing

• advisory tasks, formulating opinions on:

- positive action plans aimed at promoting substantive equality between men and women at work

- proposals for the reorganisation of the relevant administration and staff training plans

- working hours, forms of flexible working and measures to promote a work-life balance

- staff appraisal criteria

• monitoring tasksrelating to:

- the results of positive action, projects and good practices relating to equal opportunities

- outcomes of initiatives to promote organisational wellbeing, prevent workplace distress and combat moral and psychological abuse in the workplace – mobbing

- the absence of any form of discrimination, whether direct or indirect, in access to employment, treatment and working conditions, vocational training, promotion and career progression, and health and safety at work.

Relevant regulatory framework

The CUG was established pursuant to Article 17 of Provincial Law No. 13 of 18 June 2012 ‘Promotion of equal treatment and a culture of equal opportunities between women and men’, by Provincial Executive Resolution No. 986 of 15 June 2015. Its guidelines were approved by the Provincial Executive by Resolution No. 1026 of 23 June 2014, in accordance with European guidelines (European Parliament resolution of 20 September 2001) and national legislation (Law No. 165/2001, as amended by Law No. 183/2010).

The CUG has a four-year term and is composed of one member appointed by each of the most representative trade union organisations at the provincial administration level and an equal number of representatives from the Provincial Administration. The current Committee, appointed by Resolution No. 8487 of 4 August 2026, is composed of:

• representatives of the Provincial Administration:

CALLÀ ROSE MARIE

CUMER TIZIANA (acting as Chair)

DE PRETIS RICCARDO

VERNICE ALESSANDRO (acting as Vice-Chair)

ZALLA ROBERTA

• Trade union representatives:

SILVANA CAMPESTRIN

MONICA FACCHINELLI

SERGIO LEONE

LAURA STEDILE

CHIARA STEFFANINI

Elena Carlini is responsible for the CUG secretariat.

To promote equal opportunities and well-being at work, and to combat all forms of discrimination, the following institutional bodies are also in place:

• on behalf of the staff of the Provincial Administration:

Trusted Advisers (consigliera.fiducia@provincia.tn.it): their role is to prevent, combat and resolve situations of workplace distress caused by bullying or sexual or psychological harassment against provincial employees in the workplace, including through a support and assistance service

• for the benefit of all workers and employers in the region:

Workplace Equality Advisers(visit the website): offer advice on gender discrimination and workplace bullying through a free legal advice and guidance service;

• for the benefit of the entire local population:

Provincial Commission for Equal Opportunities between Women and Men(visit the website): this is an advisory body to the Provincial Council and the Provincial Executive, and is involved in promoting equal opportunities in the institutional, political, economic, labour, social and cultural spheres