The manoeuvre for 2026

In the Senate

Manoeuvre, from the cap on public managers' salaries to the redemption of internships: the new proposals

A total of 414 persons were reported, of whom 238 were from the majority

by Rome Editorial Staff

23 November 2025

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Key points

No cap on public managers of listed companies
Internship redemption
The extension of Women's Option

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From the cap on the remuneration of public managers to the redemption of apprenticeships and stages to facilitate access to retirement. New amendments reported by the majority parties to the manoeuvre bill emerge.

No cap for public managers of listed companies

The first is considered a priority by both the League and Forza Italia, with the signature of their respective group leaders in the Senate, Massimiliano Romeo and Maurizio Gasparri. In particular, the amendment provides that the remuneration of managers of publicly controlled quoted companies will not be counted for the purposes of calculating the salary cap envisaged for unquoted public companies.

For managers who perform roles in both listed and unlisted public companies, they can receive both compensations. In this case, the one paid by listed companies is not calculated to comply with the limits set for unlisted companies.

The same amendment also stipulates that listed companies and their subsidiaries are out of the rules of the Consolidated Law on Public Companies, unless explicit exceptions are made.

The redemption of apprenticeship

Then there is the proposal to facilitate access to pensions, which comes from Fratelli d'Italia. It would be possible, the amendment explains, by allowing the redemption of up to two years, even non-continuous, of stage or 'extracurricular' apprenticeships not covered by contributions. The coverage is EUR 2 million.

The measure concerns workers without contributions before 1996 and redemption is only valid if within 6 months of the end of the internship one has started working, either as an employee or self-employed with social security registration. For private sector workers, the cost of redemption may be borne by the employer, who may allocate the production bonuses due to the worker for this purpose. The redemption cost may be paid in a lump sum or in 120 interest-free instalments.

Also redeemable are professional courses that are recognised as equivalent to university degrees and that serve to participate in competitions or the exercise of professions. In this case, redemption is limited to the actual and legal duration of the corresponding university course.

The extension of the Women's Option

From the party of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni there is also a corrective that calls for the extension, by one year, of Opzione donna, the early retirement pension for employed and self-employed women with certain conditions. In particular, until 31 December 2025 the deadline by which the requirements must be met, i.e. 35 years of contribution seniority and at least 61 years of age (reduced by one year per child up to a maximum of two).

The text also proposes to widen the target group, changing one of the three categories for access to the Women's Option: instead of only those laid off or employed by companies in crisis, female workers who are unemployed after dismissal, resignation or consensual termination or due to the expiry of fixed-term employment will be eligible.