Home » Legal developments » National legislation » Italy: government makes fixed-term employment contracts more flexible and supports employees’ purchasing power Italy: government makes fixed-term employment contracts more flexible and supports employees’ purchasing power On 01 May, International Workersâ day Italyâs Council of Ministers approved a decree-law addressing various labour related issues. Included in the text is a relaxation of norms surrounding fixed-term employment contracts, an additional reduction in employee-related social security contributions for those earning <âŹ35,000 gross p.a. as a way of boosting their net take-home pay, and a tax exemption for benefits-of-kind (BOK) capped at  âŹ3,000, made available to employees with dependent children. The text also buries the âcitizens income,â a kind of minimum income payment instituted in 2019, but which is now set to disappear in 2024. Through HĂ©lĂšne Martinelli. Published on 02 May 2023 Ă 16h32 - Update on 02 May 2023 Ă 16h32 Resources On 01 May, a day after a heated meeting with the trade unions, Italyâs Council of Ministers gave the green light to a series of adjustments to the current labour legislation. Apart from the upcoming demise of the citizensâ income payment, the new measures, despite their top billing, do not significantly impact already operating norms.… HĂ©lĂšne Martinelli Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst nameLast nameOrganizationFunctionemail* Object of the messageYour messageCommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les derniĂšres publications What type of employment status will platform workers hold? mind RH updates its comparison of several countriesâ regulatory responses CSR: support for caregiving employees, a new challenge for companies Analyzes Les derniĂšres publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels