Italy: Council of Ministers approves anticrisis decree

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l of Ministers approved a decree to help businesses “make the most of the recovery.” It notably provides for bonuses which do not lay off or which reduce partial unemployment, tax exemption for those that invest into new equipment and higher benefits for employees with a solidarity contract. However, unions are still divided: the Cisl applauded measures the CGIL qualified of “insufficient.” (Ref. 090688)

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