Italy: “cross-generation” bridge at the center of the 2013 program to improve women’s employment and skills

Last week, the Ministry of Labor published, on its website, the decree of June 27, 2013 on the “2013 Program to improve women’s employment and skills via integration/re-integration on the labor market, to develop and improve women’s businesses.”  The plans of professional integration/re-integration paid for with this program will have to rely on the “cross-generation pact,” implying that a senior in the company will work less and take care of training for the new employee.  (Ref.  130567)
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At the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, the National committee for the application of equal treatment and opportunities between men and women presents, on an annual basis, a “target program” listing the types of “positive actions” to be financed, applicants who can access them and assessment criteria. Because of the “obligation” to promote actions integrating women in a labor market suffering from the crisis, and to improve their professional skills and retrain female jobseekers, this year

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