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20:57, 03-Jun-2018
Minister: Italy's new government will overhaul Renzi labour reform
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Italy's new anti-establishment government will change the labor reform introduced by the previous administration, Labour and Industry Minister Luigi Di Maio said.
The legislation introduced in 2015 eased firing restrictions for large companies while offering generous, temporary fiscal incentives for firms that hired permanent workers on new, less protected terms.
The Italian government formed by the newly appointed Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte was officially sworn in on June 1.
New Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attends the swearing-in ceremony at the Palazzo Chigi in Rome, June 1, 2018. /VCG Photo
New Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attends the swearing-in ceremony at the Palazzo Chigi in Rome, June 1, 2018. /VCG Photo
Conte, a 53-year-old law professor, was asked to form the government by President Sergio Mattarella after former PM-designate Cottarelli gave up on his mandate to assemble a technocrat cabinet.
(Cover: Deputy Prime Minister and Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Labour and Industry Minister Luigi Di Maio and Italy’s Undersecretary for Prime Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti pose for a picture during the first cabinet meeting of the new government at the Palazzo Chigi in Rome, June 1, 2018. /VCG Photo )