An ad hoc tool for show business workers and more protections for precarious and even self-employed workers, waiting to evaluate the functioning of the new Iscro, a sort of Cig for independent workers, to decide on a possible stabilization. These are some of the novelties of the draft reform of the shock absorbers that Minister Andrea Orlando sent to the social partners. Among the measures, access to the Gol program for those who close the VAT number, more sick days in case of serious or oncological pathologies, more protections for maternity, in addition to the extension of fair compensation to all tenders and selections of the Pa linked to the Pnrr.
Increase “the degree of general equity of the system” and design a system in which “there are no workers excluded from the social protection system”, through a “differentiated universalism”, for example in terms of company size. These are the guiding principles of the draft reform. Among the novelties there is also a hypothesis of a “reward system” with the reduction of the additional contribution for companies that do not resort to wage integration treatments “for a significant time”.
The document, on the basis of which the discussion with the social partners will resume, outlines a new system that must combine “social safety nets with the support of targeted industrial policies” and must have a “strong integration” with “effective and effective active policies of the Work”. The draft does not specify how many resources are available but assumes “an accompanying forecast to be borne by general taxation” for three years, between 2022 and 2024, to cover “the costs of social safety nets both in constant relationship and in the absence of of work”.
In the Orlando proposal with the new shock absorbers, the audience of beneficiaries would be extended to all subordinate workers, even with minimum seniority and including apprentices and home workers. It is assumed an increase in wages and duration differentiated by company size. However, the audience would also include companies with between 1 and 15 employees. The Cigo would therefore be extended to those who do not have ordinary instruments, the same as the Cigs. Two new reasons would also be introduced, “prospected termination of activity” and “judicial liquidation” as well as specifying that the corporate reorganization can also be invoked in the event of “transition processes”. The solidarity contract would also be strengthened, with incentives and an increase in the percentage of reduction in hours and further extended the expansion contract.
The reform would reset the current counter for both the Cig and the Cigs. In this context, all the prerogatives of the bilateral funds would be confirmed, with the compulsory coverage that would also be ensured for the smallest companies, between 1 and 5 employees, and the cash in derogation would be overcome with the creation of an intersectoral emergency fund, financed with a contribution from bilateral funds. In terms of active policies, access to the Gol program would also be granted to workers in Cigs with a relocation agreement or due to prospective termination. In the latter case, incentives would also be introduced for employers who I hire from Cigs for prospective termination, with the possibility of also using professionalizing apprenticeship contracts without age limits.