"The agreement in the majority was and is". So the chairman of the Senate labor commission, Maurizio Sacconi, closed the fight which opened yesterday on the Jobs act between the Ncd and the Pd, in view of the changes to article 18. In the amendment that the government will reformulate today "there will be exactly what was agreed on Saturday between me and Minister Poletti", added Sacconi to Rai News microphones.
Previously Angelino Alfano, interior minister and leader of Ncd, had already calmed the waters in the majority: "I heard Sacconi last night - he said during the Agora broadcast on Rai3 - and I think we are very close to an agreement".
In fact, just yesterday there had been tension over an amendment concerning disciplinary dismissals. The point was the definition of the cases in which the worker's reinstatement will continue to be possible: the government intends to specify that this will happen when the reason given by the company is declared false or non-existent by the judge. For the other cases, the indemnity will increase with seniority.
“The possible issue of trust, as we have always reiterated, is linked to the approval times – said the minister of Labour, Giuliano Poletti this morning -, the calendar of the Chamber's work foresees that the discussion will end on the 26th. The government's goal is to start the permanent contract with increasing protection at the beginning of the year. So that the resources put into the stability law can be used, intended to ensure that the number of permanent contracts grows in Italy".
Pier Carlo Padoan also intervened shortly: "I'm not very expert in the parliamentary procedure - said the Minister of Economy -, but I see that the government's and President Renzi's determination to go ahead is iron-clad".
