For blocking of layoffs one arrives extension until October 31st, but this time only selective: it will benefit exclusively the textile sector (including the leather goods and footwear industries), which will therefore be able to take advantage of the free redundancy fund for another four months. The government control room decided on Monday, within which the Draghi-Orlando line passed.
It is a compromise between the two opposing positions within the majority: on the one hand Pd, M5S and Leu, who - with the clamorous support of the force minister Renato Brunetta - pushed for a generalized extension of the block on layoffs; on the other Lega and Italia Viva, who supported the reasons of the companies.
Still on the labor front, the executive decided to concede another 13 weeks of extraordinary cash to about ninety companies in crisis who are negotiating the reorganization processes at the tables of the Ministry of Economic Development, the Regions and the Prefectures.
Together, the two interventions for textiles and companies in crisis protect around 250 workers from dismissal, for a cost of around half a billion euros.
An agreement has also been reached between the government, trade unions and business associations which commits companies to using all the social safety nets available before getting to layoffs.
From July XNUMX, however, it will be possible again lay off in manufacturing and construction companies, while the block remains until October 31 (as already established) for small service businesses.
Surprisingly, the government has also decided the suspension of cashback despite the resistance of the Five Star Movement, the only political force still linked to the measure introduced by Giuseppe Conte at the time of the yellow-green majority. The first six months of 2021 were a success, registering 9 million participants, but the measure weighs on 4,7 billion for the two-year period 2021-22 and, according to the Parliamentary Budget Office, has not proved effective fight against evasion. So Draghi proposed not to renew the cashback for the next six months, despite the fact that the measure was expected to continue for at least another year.
Finally, the blocking for another two months (until 31 August) of sending emails has been confirmed tax assessments and the postponement to 20 July of the payments for VAT numbers (Isa and flat rate).
