Simplifying the Italian unemployment insurance system, extending protection to workers who don’t have it, and make it all financially bearable. This is the goal of the social dampers reform developed by the CGIL and the Ires – its research institute – presented on Monday, October 4th by the confederation’s general secretary, Gugliemo Epifani. This “gradual” reform, which the CGIL would like to see fully functional in 2018 – covering 73.3% of workers as opposed to 50.5% currently – would allow Italy to feel “a little more European” declared Mr. Epifani, pointing out that, today, unemployment insurance pins Italian workers second in European in terms of poverty risk, with only 0.7% of GDP spent on jobseekers, the lowest rate among big European countries.
to see fully functional in 2018 – covering 73.3% of workers as opposed to 50.5% currently – would allow Italy to feel “a little more European” declared Mr. Epifani, pointing out that, today, unemployment insurance pins Italian workers second in European in terms of poverty risk, with only 0.7% of GDP spent on jobseekers, the lowest rate among big European countries.
Simplifying reform. The intricacy of the current unemployment insurance system leaves about 2 million workers aside, according to
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