Italy: General signs groundbreaking agreement on employment protection

The text is made up of four chapters.  The first lays down the ground principle: Italian jobs will be maintained and the group commits not to appeal to compulsory redundancies if jobs need to be cut.  Therefore, it will have to apply ‘soft’ procedures, notably voluntary leave bonuses or appealing to the sectoral solidarity Fund (in Italy, the insurance sector isn’t covered by Cassa Integrazione, the traditional unemployment protection system).
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ined Patrizia Sushmel, a member of the UILCA’s national management. “When the previous agreement expired, Generali didn’t want to renew it, precisely because it wasn’ imperative. Yet, not only did we manage to renew the agreement (editor’s note: until June 30, 2014), but we also improved it” the unionist went on. (Ref. 120425)

The text is made up of four chapters. The first lays down the ground principle: Italian jobs will be maintained and the group commits not to appeal to compulsory re

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