DLP Insights

The reform of the fixed-term contract by the Law Decree 34/2014 requires the compliance with the threshold provided by the collective agreement. In lack of collective provisions, the threshold is equal to 20% of the employees hired with open ended contract, with provision of a transient period expiring on December 31. Such period is granted to employers in order to comply with the said limit in 2014.

The Labour Ministry, with decree n. 83117/14, has established the new fund of 400 million for the exceptional redundancy fund and mobility treatments.

INPS, with circular no. 98 of August 6, 2014, stated that the applications for benefits provided for the recruitment of unemployed that took place in 2012, should be submitted by September 30, 2014.

INPS, with communication issued on its website, specified that unemployment indemnity timeframes are not considered in the calculation of the threshold for the completion of the contributive requirement, set for by law, for being entitled to benefit ASPI.

The renewal of the collective economic agreement for agents and representatives of the industrial sector was signed on July 30, 2014.