Changes to state employment, a new youth traineeship framework and an agreement to halt the off-shoring of call centres are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on the latest developments in working life in Italy in the second quarter of 2017.
The Italian social partners signed an agreement on 16 March with the National Institute of Social Security (INPS) on how to measure unions’ representativeness.
Recent public employment reform aims to stimulate generational change. The right of civil servants to work beyond retirement age has been removed, and public sector retirees cannot return to their former roles as consultants, public managers or officials. The aim is to create vacancies for 15,000
The Italian government has agreed to favourable taxation of performance-related pay in companies that have signed decentralised collective agreements. The favourable rates will apply to up to €3,000 gross of performance-related pay for employees in the private sector, provided their 2013 income did