By way of amendments to the Sostegni Bis decree (c.f. article No. 12536), currently under parliamentary debate, the Draghi government is dismantling one of the flagship measures of the 2018 ‘Dignity Decree’ law, which had severely tightened regulations on fixed-term employment contracts. If the Senate adopts the government initiative as is, then collective bargaining will be able to define conditions for renewing fixed-term employment contracts.
Passed into law by the Conte government, the Dignity Decree imposed three highly specific conditions, under which a fixed-term employment contract could only be renewed following its initial 12 months duration, namely, personnel replacement, ‘temporary and objective requirements, unrelated to the company’s ordinary business, and unpredictable business production peaks. The Draghi government’s amendments will now also introduce the possibility for collective bargaining (national collective agree
…Do you have information to share with us?