With the Senate's final vote on confidence in the Government (166 yes, 112 no and one abstention) the Jobs Act became law. The Government now has the legislative instrument to implement the implementing decrees that will change the Workers' Statute after 40 years and will supersede the controversial article 18 on dismissals. From now on only in the case of discriminatory or disciplinary dismissals can the employee be reinstated in the workplace. In all other cases of dismissal, monetary compensation will be triggered.
The Jobs Act, which is one of the fundamental reforms of the Renzi government also to improve Italy's image internationally and which is mainly a response to a labor market that is not functioning and which has contributed to bringing Italian unemployment to levels record, abolishes the most widespread forms of precariousness (from cococo to cocopro), increases the resources available for social safety nets and establishes increasing protections for all new hires.
Furthermore, the new law simplifies employment relationships between employer and employee, revises remote controls but only on plants and remodulates layoffs.
The internal minority of the Democratic Party voted for confidence, grumbling and claiming that it would have given a favorable vote only "out of a sense of responsibility". Now the Renzi government will try to forge ahead in drafting the implementing decrees.
