Rizzetto: vocational training as a strategy to relocate workers
The plan to intervene after redundancies, company reorganisations or relocations
Key points
Vocational training as a strategy for the relocation of workers in case of dismissals for justified reasons, company reorganisation and relocation. The episode of Parlamento24 is dedicated to the bill presented by the Honourable Walter Rizzetto of Fratelli d'Italia, president of the Labour Commission in Montecitorio and first signatory of the bill. A bill starting its journey in the Labour Commission in Montecitorio that aims to take into account the change of pace of employment dynamics linked to the transformations in the world of work, the adoption of digital technologies, and the reorganisation of production and corporate projects.
Certified continuous training
'Corporate relocation support services,' explains Rizzetto, 'are of fundamental importance in view of the fact that we are living in a time of profound transformation, of profound transition. Imagine what is happening with respect to digitalisation, or, for example, with respect to the advent of artificial intelligence systems within companies and the use of artificial intelligence, hence of new technologies. These are complex paths in terms of transition, continuous training is needed, certified training, even compulsory training at times. Outplacement or outplacement services from this point of view can be of great help, especially in company transition phases, for example with respect to redundancies, with respect to the reallocation of workers who must be sufficiently trained before they can change jobs'.
Aiming to shorten the time of possible unemployment
n Italia there is often a lack of consistency between the worker's skills and the job position. "One of the answers is outplacement services, also involving the Ministry of Labour, public employment centres, and employment agencies. My bill is based exactly on this: to give companies a hand in training workers who, for example, might find themselves out of work in some time or in a position where they have to change jobs. Now to shorten the time of possible unemployment, companies must be helped. And in this proposal there is ample money precisely to help companies to train so that workers who have left one area can be redeployed almost immediately in another area'.
Financing via the European EGF fund
The funding proposed by President Rizzetto is based on the EGF, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for redundant workers. "The proposal provides for significant funding through the use of the EGF fund," explains Rizzetto. With the EGF, continues the chairman of the Labour Committee in Montecitorio, "we would cover - since this is a proposal aimed at companies with 30 employees or more - 80% of the economic impact of the training itself. The remaining 20 per cent would be borne by the interprofessional funds'. Once this proposal is approved, 'almost 100 per cent would be in the hands of the EGF, a European fund that has not been used very often'.
We would reduce unemployment
"We need to give companies a helping hand so that they implement continuous training within their corporate population. This can have a double meaning: to increase the productivity of companies, of their assets, because training basically increases productivity. And if there are companies involved in redundancies, in company restructuring phases that are very rapid lately, there will be the possibility of giving a substantial contribution to these companies, so that they can, through training, redeploy their company population to other districts, to other companies, reducing the time of unemployment".
