La worker participation of company management it's a done deal: from Senate arrived the yes definitive, with 85 yes, 21 no and 28 abstentions. The bill identifies and classifies the different forms of worker participation in the management of the company. Here they are.
- Management participation: includes the various forms of collaboration of workers in the strategic choices of the company.
- Economic and financial participation: provides for workers' participation in the profits and results of the company, also through capital participation instruments, including shareholding in place of performance bonuses.
- Organizational participation: concerns the methods of involving workers in decisions relating to the various production and organisational phases of the company.
- Consultative participation: occurs through the expression of opinions and proposals on the decisions that the company intends to adopt.
La law concludes an initiative of the Cisl, which had collected 400 thousand signatures, while Cgil and Uil did not participate, considering this law an obstacle to the industrial relations system. The law also provides tax incentives to encourage workers' participation in the management of the company. In particular, with regard to the profit distribution, it is established that, if paid in execution of collective agreements, they are subject to a5% substitute tax, with a maximum limit of 5.000 euros gross. However, this measure will only be valid for 2025.
