Calderone: an ad-hoc commissioner to fight the 'caporalato' (forced labour) industry

The minister also reiterated that 'we have incorporated the credit licence in construction into law, we are ready to present the draft implementing decree to the social partners next week, and in October it will come into operation, as will the compliance list on virtuous companies'.

The current trend is 'an increase in permanent jobs and the conversion of fixed-term contracts' into permanent contracts, i.e. 'companies are investing,' urged the minister, for whom we must not, however, 'continue to demonise fixed-term employment by saying that it is precarious', because 'we take away the good flexibility that companies need to manage seasonal peaks'. In view of 'the important demographic issue, we must know how to use all the tools with great appropriateness because we need more people at work also to guarantee the maintenance of social security accounts', health and welfare 'which are a corollary to pay'.

"I absolutely disagree that there is no work. The numbers tell us this clearly. Companies have 1.5 million jobs available, we have to find the workers and we cannot afford to have 2 million young people not studying and not working," added Calderone, for whom it is important to connect the worlds of school and work" and also for this reason he points to the creation of "an Observatory, to know which workers I will need in 5-10 years, to understand where the work is going, what the work will be".

'I confirm that we are working to revise the flows decree,' added Calderone, on the sidelines of the 'Forum in Masseria'. "The flows decree we approved is a three-year one. We have always said that we would revise above all the ways in which a residence permit is granted today. I have never been in favour of a click day, because it does not qualify the job offer and leads to an unfair distribution of job opportunities entrusted to permits, on this I confirm that we are working on it,' Calderone said. "Just as we are working to enhance that other aspect of the Cutro decree, for entry into Italy through regular channels we have operational agreements in which we have involved employer associations and social partners with southern Mediterranean countries to train workers in their countries of origin and get them to Italy through regular channels with a distribution that is consistent with what companies are responding to," the minister added.

As for the possibilities offered by artificial intelligence, 'overly repressive regulation' in the world of work 'could have a negative effect, in an international context in which we have to deal with countries that have a different approach and are more aggressive on the market, on the competition front'.