MILAN – The government Renzi played a good chunk of its future and its international credibility in the next nine days on the agenda, approval of the Jobs Act by the Senate and the definition of the Stability Law that on October 15 must be submitted to the European Union, with the risk that Brussels bocci the draft budget of Italy and France. In the middle of the table with unions and businesses, the Milan European Council and the summit of the IMF.
First dates are set for Tuesday morning. At eight o’clock, the President of the Council, Matteo Renzi, and the Minister of Labour, Giuliano Poletti , will meet with union leaders; to nine will be the turn of enterprises. Likely to also participate in the meeting the Minister of Economy Pier Carlo Padoan : the launch of labor reform, the shift of severance pay in the envelope and the minimum wage are directly related to the Law of Stability and hedging purposes. Net of negotiations between the parties will then endorsement of Padoan to understand the extent to which you can enlarge the cords of the Exchange.
The idea for the government is to submit to the parties a maxi amendment that includes some new features on the Jobs Act: the rules on dismissal and reinstatement in some cases, in addition to the clarification cases in which we may go to court. In essence what was written in the document approved by the management of the Democratic Party. With the go-ahead of the trade unions and businesses, the government would ask the confidence in the Senate on the text already Wednesday so as to have something concrete to its European partners gathered in Milan. The knots to untie, however, are still many. And many are open to possible trade-offs between firms and workers.
JOB and TFR. Of the whole system reform of the labor market, called the Jobs Act, the one that sparked the controversy between the parties is the partial abolition of Article 18 The government would like to keep the reinstatement only for discriminatory dismissals , for the unions is a totem untouchable that even greater protection for temporary workers can compensate. Companies by their stand at the window: their position is that the freedom to dismiss is not, after all, a way to take. They ask, quite the flexibility in entry.
The government, however, has an ace up its sleeve to reach an agreement with the parties: the proposal to include part or all of the severance pay in payroll – while maintaining the preferential taxation and not snapping rates income tax – is rejected by businesses who fear a heavy impact on the crates (the fund for severance pay is actually a loan), while the unions just that it is a free choice of workers. Renzi could propose the retention of Article 18 even for disciplinary dismissals and offer the choice of severance pay in payroll, perhaps with double salary in February. The companies would guarantee the establishment of a fund owned by the banks and, perhaps, by the Cdp : in this way the impact on the cases would be zero. An offer that could put you agree enterprises and trade unions in the face, too, the contract only in increasing protections, reform of social safety nets and the new unemployment insurance for temporary workers.
CONTRACTS. In recent days the government has spoken insistently model Fiat . In essence Renzi would welcome an easing of national agreements to allow more space to trading business. Confindustria is willing to deal, on the other hand an agreement with the unions on Representation to the workers has already been reached, but it never became law. And in this sense, Fiat has opened a new path before leaving Confindustria, then negotiating directly to the plant in Pomigliano, which otherwise would have been closed, recognizing the representation only to unions that signed national contracts or business. A request to “bring to the area and contracts to companies” has been the President of the ECB Mario Draghi in his speech at Jackson Hole. Objective: To encourage greater wage differentiation. The unions, however, are divided on the issue. For CGIL “policy Renzi is one of Confindustria and Sacconi” and also why Susanna Camusso does not seem willing to grant credit facilities to the government. The CISL, however, is favorable “on the other hand – they say – last year we signed 3 thousand enterprise agreements,” while the UIL looks at Palazzo Chigi without prejudice, but says: “Bargaining company only to large enterprises.”
MINIMUM WAGES. Another node on the table is that of the minimum wage. Italy is one of the few countries that does not have a minimum hourly wage. In the Jobs Act is expected to be employed and also in testing for co.co.co. In Germany it was approved in July a increased to 8.5 euro and the Social Democrats have declared victory. But there have also France (9.53 euro), the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland and Britain. In the USA, Obama wants to raise it to $ 10. Renzi, who indicates in its proposals already from the primary, has always said that it is necessary to “raise wages.” In Italy the only example of the minimum wage has already adopted the so-called “just compensation” for freelance journalists, but for the level of remuneration provided, the controversies have been infuocatissime.
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