In particular implementation continued of the Parental Program, a program for the optimal management of maternity, which consisted of the following initiatives: > update of the Guide to parental leave, for a widespread dissemination of the laws which regulate ab sence from work for family reasons; > continuation of the structured program of meetings between line managers, female workers and human resource managers to jointly establish the best way to address the long absence from work and manage the mother’s return to the Company, with the definition of any measures necessary to make work more flexible; > continuation of provision of the course “balancing mothers” to facilitate reflection on the new aspect of being a parent and to favor the return to the Company; > completion of the cycle of conferences on parenthood, open to everyone, during which new parents can discuss issues with employees who have been through the same experience and with specialists.