, accusing the government of breaking up the basis of Italian labor law. (Ref. 100203)
“After a very long Parliamentary process, started with the Biagi Act (…), we can finally solve controversy in terms of labor via arbitration;” this is how Labor Minister Maurizio Sacconi presented the Senate’s final ratification of decree-law No. 1167-B on march 3. Here are the key measures regarding the reform of labor disputes.
Reforming the arbitration institution. While the prior conciliation attempt used to be mandatory, the disputing parties may now choose whether they want to do it or not. Where appropriate, this conciliation attempt, which can also go through the union representing the worker, will always be carried out among the arbitration committee introduced within the Provincial Labor Directorate – composed of its presiding director, four union representatives and four employers’ representatives (plus deputies), “mostly representative at territorial level.”