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23 October 2020Several measures to be taken regarding employment in the next difficult weeks of the pandemic, come from the Minister of Labor

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"We are foreseeing some measures, some to be included in the maneuver, others in a decree that will be issued in the coming weeks. The decree will include a refinancing of the

. The intention is to finance a further intervention by Cig which could last about 10 weeks. "to give coverage until January.

"To these, we are considering linking a redundancy block".

The minister said this while speaking at the 2020 Labor Festival organized by the all-online job consultants due to anti-contagion restrictions.

Numerous guests were present - representatives of the Government, politics, institutions, the world of journalism and the social partners - and in general of qualified operators on the topics chosen from the title "Italy starts from work".

On the website www.festivaldellavoro.it the complete program is available  

"To this we will connect another loan in budget law that will cover further weeks".

With the trade unions "there is an dialogue. There has been and will be in the next few hours and we will also evaluate their requests".

Catalfo spoke at the labor festival, regarding the confrontation with

on the extension of the Cig and the blocking of layoffs.

In this period there is "widespread use" of

, which "could certainly be better used. We made a somewhat distorted use of it: it was more work from home than agile work. With the continuing state of emergency ", at the time fixed until January 31, as expected" we will keep the simplified procedures. 

"There was also a request from the social partners to update" the

"to strengthen them. Obviously the ministry has given its availability, it is not excluded that in the coming days we will be able to work on their strengthening".

The minister stressed the importance of these protocols which during the pandemic "have allowed us and continue to allow us to work and work safely. We will do all that will be necessary to continue to keep business open and safe", he assured.

"In the post-emergency period - he said - I believe we could intervene to strengthen it, to strengthen the right to disconnect, to think about co-working spaces. Surely there will be an intervention".

In maneuver?

"I don't think so", because - he remarked - "until January 31, as long as the state of emergency continues, we have simplified procedures".

- on

"I intend to focus in the coming days to understand how and if it is applied and if there are difficulties".

The minister underlined that there are various bills including "

which intends to strengthen the legislation on fair compensation" and stressed the ministry's attention to the issue. 

With regard to the

the Minister says that in the budget law "we will provide for a 100% tax reduction for three years for those who hire

and for those who hire unemployed workers for at least 24 months throughout the country". "To encourage female employment and relaunch GDP, we are focusing on a series of actions to be financed with the resources of the Recovery Fund, including the strengthening of

reconciliation of times, the creation of training courses based on in particular with regard to stem disciplines, the strengthening of pay transparency tools to eliminate the wage gap between the sexes.