{"id":24548,"date":"2021-03-31T12:14:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T10:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delucapartners.it\/news\/the-decreto-sostegni-support-decree-confirmed-the-possibility-of-company-agreements-to-incentivize-termination-of-employment\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T14:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:01:53","slug":"the-decreto-sostegni-support-decree-confirmed-the-possibility-of-company-agreements-to-incentivize-termination-of-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delucapartners.it\/en\/insights\/the-decreto-sostegni-support-decree-confirmed-the-possibility-of-company-agreements-to-incentivize-termination-of-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"DID YOU KNOW THAT&#8230; The Decreto Sostegni (Support Decree) confirmed the possibility of company agreements to incentivize termination of employment?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The<strong> Decreto Sostegni <\/strong>(Decree Law 41\/2021), published in the Official Gazette on 22 March 2021 and enacted on 23 March, extended the <strong>ban on dismissals<\/strong> for economic reasons (individual dismissals and collective dismissal procedures), in a generalised manner <strong>until 30 June 2021<\/strong> and then differentiated. Specifically, the ban on dismissals <strong>will continue from 1 July 2021 to 31 October 2021<\/strong> only for companies that can benefit from the <strong>exceptional redundancy fund<\/strong> and <strong>ordinary allowance (FIS)<\/strong>. However, the Decreto Sostegni confirmed the possibility (introduced by the August Decree and also included in the 2021 Budget Law), while the dismissal ban is in force, to stipulate<strong> company collective agreements with trade unions that are comparatively more representative at national level.<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; With its message 689\/2021 INPS clarified that the company collective agreement only needs to be signed by one of the comparatively more representative trade unions to be valid. <strong>The subject matter of the agreements must be an incentive to terminate employment and regard employees who participate. <\/strong>The workers in question can benefit from <strong>NASPI <\/strong>unemployment for which the employer must pay a dismissal ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other related insights:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delucapartners.it\/en\/insights\/the-prohibition-on-dismissal-is-contrary-to-eu-law-the-spanish-case\/\">The prohibition on dismissal is contrary to EU law: the Spanish case<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delucapartners.it\/en\/insights\/case-law-en\/dismissal-for-sudden-physical-unfitness-falls-within-the-dismissal-prohibition\/\">Dismissal for sudden physical unfitness falls within the dismissal prohibition<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Decreto Sostegni (Decree Law 41\/2021), published in the Official Gazette on 22 March 2021 and enacted on 23 March, extended the ban on dismissals for economic reasons (individual dismissals and collective dismissal procedures), in a generalised manner until 30 June 2021 and then differentiated. 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