Minimum wage, clash in the government. No of Brunetta, yes of Giovannini
After Paolo Gentiloni’s appeal in recent days, the theme at the center of the Draghi government’s discussions immediately became the minimum wage. Ignazio Visco says yes. And there is already the approval of the Pd and M5s with Enrico Letta and Giuseppe Conte who said they were in favor. But Forza Italia and Renato Brunetta say no. Meanwhile, while the government is discussing, the diktat of the European Union is coming on the issue that can somehow override the will of the Italian executive.
As explained by Corriere della Sera, the minister for public administration, Renato Brunetta takes it apart openly. He replies that “it is not Europe that asks us” because Brussels invites us to discuss it within collective bargaining, if anything, the exchange to be made is to link “productivity to income”, both “stopped for twenty years”: “It is against our cultural history of industrial relations – increases -. Let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater ».
Words, reports the Press, which find both the Democratic Party and the 5 Star Movement sideways. Enrico Letta, che only a few hours earlier had made the minimum wage an objective to be pursued within the legislature, he reiterates: «We have to get there. And young people must have contractual forms in support of a real job, while here we are witnessing a multiplication of free internships and traineeships that must be stopped ». Also Andrea Orlando he insists on the minimum wage by law: «I see positive openings from all sides – says the Minister of Labor -. Let’s see what is the point of contact that allows us to intervene immediately, then awaiting a law »”.
The Minister of Infrastructure Enrico Giovannini, Corriere della Sera writes, “it opens up to the hypothesis of a law, thus confessing the divergence of views between the various ministers, an expression of often profoundly different cultures (and belonging) such as to restore the idea that it will not be easy to find a synthesis.” Many workers are outside the contractual framework, it may make sense to set a minimum », says Giovannini”.
Yes of Visco to the minimum wage. And the European Union directive is on its way
Another minimum wage assist comes from Ignazio Visco who, from the stage of the Turin International Economy Festival, interviewed by the director of La Stampa Massimo Giannini, says yes: “There are many studios, from Alan Krueger in the United States to those who won the Nobel Prize for economics this year , who say that the minimum wage under certain conditions is favorable to employment. I believe that if well studied it is a good thing, it has various positive effects “.
Meanwhile, the representatives of the European Parliament and the Council will meet in Strasbourg on Monday evening in the trialogue to arrive final approval of the minimum wage directive proposed by the European Commission in 2020 and already approved at first reading by the European Parliament and the Council.
A press conference has already been scheduled for Tuesday morning in Strasbourg in anticipation of the expected agreement. The European Parliament proposal (approved on 25 November 2021 with 443 votes in favor, 192 against and 58 abstentions) aims to establish basic requirements to guarantee an income that allows a decent standard of living for workers and their families.
MEPs propose two possibilities to achieve the goal: a legal minimum wage (the lowest wage allowed by law) or collective bargaining between workers and their employers. Furthermore, Parliament wants to strengthen and extend the coverage of collective bargaining by obliging EU countries with less than 80% of workers covered by these agreements to take effective measures to promote this tool.
The Council, on the other hand, had approved its negotiation proposal on 6 December and is focusing in particular on promoting collective bargaining. “Generally, in countries with high collective bargaining coverage, the percentage of low-wage workers is lower and minimum wages are higher than in countries where this coverage is lower. For this reason, ministers agreed that Countries should promote strengthening the capacity of social partners to participate in collective bargaining. If their collective bargaining coverage is less than 70%, they should also define an action plan to promote it, “ministers say in their proposal.
However, “in order to promote the adequacy of statutory minimum wages and thus ensure decent living and working conditions, Member States in which such statutory minimum wages are provided they have the task of introducing a procedural framework to fix and update them according to a series of clear and stable criteria “.
“The legal minimum wages – we read – will be updated regularly and promptly. Their amount can also be adjusted by means of automatic indexing mechanisms”. Ministers also agreed on a number of measures to improve effective access to the protection guaranteed by the minimum wage for workers who are entitled to it: adequate checks and inspections, easily accessible information on the protection guaranteed by the minimum wage, a reference to the rules in force in public procurement, the right of appeal and sanctions for defaulting employers.
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