Win-win solution in Jobs Act says Padoan

(ANSA) - Rome, September 23 - Premier Matteo Renzi's Jobs Act offers a "win-win solution" of more jobs, more growth, more investments and higher pay, Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said Tuesday.
    A row over scrapping Article 18 of the Workers Statute is "paradoxical" because "it only affects a few thousand workers," he added. Article 18 states that judges can give unfairly sacked workers their jobs back. Premier Matteo Renzi's plans to scale it back under his signature Jobs Act have caused a rift in his ruling Democratic Party (PD), with dissenters filing amendments against their own party's bill, while Italy's biggest trade union federation, CGIL, is threatening a general strike.