(Telestock) – Italy has been under infringement proceedings since 2019 for the so-called “factory” of precarious workersbut the Government responds to the accusations of abuse of fixed-term contracts with doubling of compensation to the damaged substitutes, who however will have to bring the actionThe young union reiterates this Aniefwho has always denounced the record numbers of precarious employment in schools.
“We have been under infringement proceedings since 2019 of the EU for prolonged and systematic use of fixed-term contracts, in violation of the labor directives that require stabilization after 3 years of service. In an attempt to archive the procedure – explains the Corriere della sera – the Meloni government at the beginning of September inserted in the ‘Salva-infrazioni’ decree a compensation from 4 to 24 months in favor of historical precarious workers of the public administration..
“In Italy the teachers they remain precarious, on average, up to 45 years and They are among the oldest in Europe” – the newspaper recalls – and a study by the Authority for the Guarantee of Childhood and Adolescence confirms that Italy maintains one of the Highest school dropout rates in Europewith 13.1% in 2022, against an EU average of 9.9%. Despite this, candidates in competitions wait in vain to be placed in roles.
Not to mention the teachers’ paltry wages: “according to the recent report ‘Education at a Glance 2024′, our teachers’ salaries are, at purchasing power parity, among the lowest in Europe, despite the increase in the latest contract renewal.
“The Government’s response to all this – Anief recalls – is the publication in the Official Journal of the new law, DL 131/2024, which increases the maximum compensation from 12 to 24 months permitted that the public administration is required to carry out towards precarious workers who decide to appeal to the labor court to be compensated for the lack of stabilization.
Second Marcello Pacificonational president of Anief, the norm “opens the doors to compensation for damages in favor of approximately 400 thousand precarious workers with more than three years of service: thanks to the successful action of our union, every school employee who finds himself in this situation, therefore with more than 36 months of service as a substitute teacher behind him, has the concrete possibility of recovering up to 24 paychecks”.