JOBS ACT, FIRST INTERVENTIONS
Fixed term contract with cause
Simplifications also on the subject of apprenticeships and further
With the leg. dec. March 20, 2014, no. 34, the new government has changed the subjects of fixed term contracts, apprenticeships, checking regular tax contribution and solidarity contracts.
Fixed term contract. The criterion of causality has been superseded: it is now possible to hire fixed term even in the absence of technical, productive or organisational reasons that justify the application of the term.
The duration of the fixed-term employment contract is 36 months, inclusive of possible extensions, which may be a maximum of 8 (for the same productive activity envisaged at the time of recruitment); the term must result from a written act under penalty of becoming invalid.
The total number of fixed-term contracts cannot exceed 20% of the total workforce.
Apprenticeship contract. Simplifications are planned: the written form is required from now on for the contract and the covenant of proof only; not for an individual plan. Other apprentices can also be hired without being bound to confirm previous apprentices in service at the end of the training course.
Furthermore, an employer is no longer obliged to integrate training with what the public sector offers in training.
Tax and wage compliance certificate. Anyone interested can check regular tax contribution to INPS, INAIL online and, for construction companies, against the construction funds. The outcome of this query, valid for 120 days, replaces the DURC (tax and wage compliance certificate) in all effect.
Solidarity contract. The Minister of Labour, in agreement with the Minister of Economy and Finance, will establish via decree the criteria for identifying employers benefiting from tax reductions (within the limits of available resources).
