Minimum wage, revolution in sight. Here’s what it is and why not everyone likes it – breaking latest news

Rome, 6 June 2022 – Italy’s contested path to the minimum wage is today at the crossroads between two options: the “refined” proposal of the former Minister of Labor, Nunzia Catalfo, of a basic hourly wage of 9 euros gross, and that of the current minister of the dicastery of via Veneto, Andrea Orlando, of the so-called “Tec”, Comprehensive economic treatment, based on the results of the collective bargaining of the individual sectors. A narrow path, between the two relevant choices, which should be followed quickly, starting this week, in the Labor Commission at Palazzo Madama, while the green light for the European directive dedicated to the same protection instrument is expected between today and tomorrow. of the lowest wages. Differences with citizenship income The minimum wage is the basic wage (hourly, weekly or monthly) defined by law for all categories of workers or sector by sector, valid for a certain period of time. This is an imperative threshold, below which one cannot go down either by collective agreements or by individual agreements. On the contrary, agreements for higher salaries are possible. The instrument should not be confused with the Minimum Citizenship Income, which is an established welfare allowance, even regardless of the performance of work, in favor of citizens who find themselves in certain conditions of social or psycho-physical hardship or who live below of the poverty threshold, identified, as in Italy, by a given Isee. For poor workers with large families, the income could supplement the minimum wage. The Catalfo proposal In Italy the minimum wage has been discussed for years and numerous proposals have been presented. But the last text being examined by the Senate is the final one of the grillini, prepared by Catalfo and by the president of the Labor Commission, Susy Matrisciano. To attempt mediation with business associations and …