In the evening of 25 November, the Chamber of Deputies approved a modified version of the Jobs Act, a bill which enables the government to reform labor law. The most significant modifications concern the criteria for lay-offs (Article 18), social shock absorbers and active policies, work contracts and equal opportunities. The bill will therefore return to the Senate for a second reading, with definitive approval by 9 December.
“We have succeeded where the Berlusconi government failed, and we have done so in the belief that this is a tool to create jobs”, Angelino Alfano — Italian Minister of the Interior — stated on the radio, as he praised the approval of the Jobs Act by the Chamber of Deputies, which came in the evening of 25 November, one day ahead of schedule. Alfano was referring to the former Prime Minister’s attempt to modify Article 18 (regarding the reinstatement of unfairly dismissed employees) back in 2002
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