26 September 2006

The Biagi Law

In the Italia dei Valori meeting at Vasto, we talked about work and about the Biagi law.
A controversial law that starts from principles connected to liberalisation of work and facilitating the entrance of young people into companies, has then often been transformed into an abuse by the companies and indirectly (and at times directly) by the public administration.

The so-called project work (co.co.pro.) has been used to justify continuing activity that has nothing to do with the concept of a project, for example as in the call centres.

The Biagi law has in fact institutionalised precarious working with the consequences that can be imagined: new poverty and social instability, especially among those who are least protected and among the young people.

The Biagi law needs correcting if it is to work:
- it cannot be applied in an indiscriminate way in the companies and must therefore be limited to a percentage of the work force, for example 10%;
- it cannot be applied in the absence of a real project with clear objectives and a defined timeframe;
- the co.co.pro workers must benefit from tax allowances that are generous when compared to those of a regular worker because of the precariousness of their situation.

The reform of the Biagi law is in Italia dei Valori’s action programme.

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Work