The majority has reached an accord
on introducing a new minimum wage, Deputy Premier and Industry
and Labour Minister Luigi Di Maio said Wednesday.
"I'm happy that a majority accord has been reached in the
last few hours" with the League party, the leader of its
government partner the 5-Star Movement (M5S) said.
Di Maio said this was "a civilised law" and voiced the hope
there would not be "divisions between the majority and the
oppositions".
It is "no longer acceptable," he said, that "there are
citizens in Italy paid two or three euros an hour".
But the League's labour undersecretary, Claudio Durigon, told
ANSA there would only be a deal "if the minimum wage is zero
cost for businesses".
ISTAT President Gian Carlo Blangiardo told the Lower House
Labour Committee last month that the impact of a nine-euro
minimum wage would bring a cost burden to businesses of
approximately 4.3 billion euros overall.
"If not transferred to prices, it would bring a compression
of about 1.2% of gross operating margin," Blangiardo said.
He said the fallout on public spending would be 698 million
euros.
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