The government on Monday night passed
its so-called 'dignity decree' declaring war on precarious jobs
and offshoring.
The decree, which mothballs ex-premier Matteo Renzi's
once-trumpeted Jobs Act labour-market reform, "is the Waterloo
of precariousness, and the age of precarious jobs without all
reason is over," said its architect, Labour and Industry
Minister Luigi Di Maio.
There will be a clampdown on firms who relocate their
activities outside the European Union.
These firms will be fined and asked to pay back any resources
they may have received from the government.
There will be a five-year interlude between the aid and the
sanctions.
The 'dignity decree' also hikes compensation for unfair
dismissal by 50% and overhauls the Jobs Act via a "war" on
precarious contracts, Di Maio said.
The decree will "sack" the Jobs Act, the minister and deputy
premier said.
With its "war on precariousness", the decree will overhaul
the Renzi reform, said Di Maio, leader of the anti-establishment
5-Star Movement, one of the two populist government partners
alongside the anti-migrant Euroskeptic League of Interior
Minister Matteo Salvini.
For temp workers, Di Maio said, an extension of the same
rights enjoyed by other workers is envisaged.
There will also be "more safeguards for workers without
penalising honest entrepreneurs", the sources said.
The decree will also safeguard workers via "major"
disincentives on unfair dismissals.
The compensation may reach the equivalent of 36 monthly wage
packets, Di Maio said.
The decree, which has been largely shaped by Di Maio, also
contains a "light" fiscal package with an adjustment to the
so-called 'spending meter' and a postponement of the deadline
for reporting under the government's means test.
The decree alsos crack down on gambling advertising amid
a gambling-addiction epidemic, excluding the Italian lottery and
other lotteries with a delayed draw.
Di Maio also said that the decree contains measures to help
people working in the gig economy, such as food delivery riders,
an emblem of the precariousness he has vowed to stamp out.
The minister met with representatives of the riders as one of
his first acts when appointed minister last month.
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