A dissenting minority of as
many as 38 MPs from Premier Matteo Renzi's Democratic Party (PD)
said Tuesday it will file seven amendments to an enabling law on
the premier's Jobs Act.
The Jobs Act, which has been approved at the committee
stage, progressively raises safeguards for new hires, slashes
the plethora of temp contracts currently plaguing entry workers,
and establishes a minimum wage and universal unemployment
benefit.
It also scales back protections contained in Article 18 of
the 1970 Workers Statute, which says unfairly dismissed workers
have a right to be reinstated.
The minority group, which opposes scaling back Article 18,
has proposed a compromise solution that would include both the
premier's contract with progressively more protections and the
right to be reinstated in case of unfair dismissal, but after
the first three years on the job.
Also on Tuesday, the dissenters requested a meeting with
the premier - who is attending a UN climate conference in New
York - to discuss a unified labor policy statement.
If Renzi won't budge, the rebels might ask the PD rank and
file to have their say via referendum, dissenting PD Senators
said.
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