There was “an unjustified and groundless controversy” on the rules on dismissals of the Sostegni bis decree and the extension to 28 August of the blockade. More: “By July we will bring the reform of the social safety nets to the Council of Ministers”. Thus the Minister of Labor Andrea Orlando on Tg3 responding to a question about Confindustria’s criticisms: «I do not want to fall into controversy – he adds – I am only concerned about giving as many tools as possible to avoid negative effects on workers. The norm was transmitted in the necessary forms to the Council of Ministers, illustrated in a press conference. It is a rule inspired exclusively by common sense ».
The position taken by the exponent Dem arrives, while the tug-of-war on the blocking of layoffs continues with Confindustria, which strongly calls for its abolition and the unions that insist on invoking the maintenance of the measure until October.
The president of the entrepreneurs Carlo Bonomi espouses the thesis of the undersecretary for Labor, Tiziana Nisini, who spoke of an ambush in Orlando that would have extended the rule until August: “We had met the minister – said Bonomi – and a agreement to extend the block to 30 June. Then we found ourselves faced with an unexpected and unacceptable change of method ».
The response of the general secretary of the CGIL is ready: the confrontation between the government and the social partners on the blocking of layoffs took place 20-30 days ago and a position was not shared, “then in the newspapers we read that Confindustria had an agreement with someone but it is not clear which one and with whom ». For Bonomi, the will of the Minister of Labor to tackle the real problems of the world of work is lacking: there was a table on which to discuss but “we are faced with a minister who proposes a blocking measure on August 28 while at the same time the Parliament vote for a stop to layoffs until June 30th ».
According to Landini, «the message that is given, listening to Confindustria a little too much is that the problems would be solved with the freedom to dismiss. I think it is the wrong message ».
Orlando then clarified that the rule “which is now part of the decree provides that for all those who take the redundancy fund without paying the additional fees, therefore free of charge for the company, there was a commitment not to fire all the time. where this tool is used. Next to this there was a paragraph that instead provided that those who had taken the Covid cash in the month of June were required not to fire until August. An absolutely unjustified and groundless controversy has developed over this ».
Asked if the tensions with Confindustria and the criticisms of the trade unions jeopardize the dialogue between the government and the social partners, Orlando replies that “we continue with work and discussions. By July we will bring the reform of the social safety nets to the Council of Ministers and just yesterday we closed the discussion table with the agricultural social partners ».