Active labour policies | Measures |
Public employment services | Investments in the establishment and upgrading of the employment centre system |
Orientation and individualized job search assistance | Training programs and assistance in the search for a first job or a new job |
Professional training | Training programs to provide the professional skills required by the labour market |
Incentives for hiring | Incentives for hiring in the form of social security, tax and salary-related relief |
Incentives to making job positions permanent | Transformation of fixed-term contracts into indefinite-term contracts in the private sector―Transforming short-term contracts into long-term contracts in local public agencies, in public education, hiring social utility workers (LSU) and public utility workers (LPU) with long-term contracts |
Incentives to maintain employment levels | Incentives for hiring people receiving income supplements or unemployment benefits |
Benefits at the local level or regarding specific professional categories | Incentives for hiring women and persons over 50 living in disadvantaged areas or employed in a profession or in an economic sector characterized by marked gender disparities-Incentives for employment in Southern Italy |
Inclusion of disabled people and other disadvantaged categories | Social security and salary-related benefits or relief for hiring people with disabilities or in execution of a court sentence or in prison |
Direct job creation | Social utility workers (LSU) and public utility workers (LPU) or mobility from the private sector to the public sector |
Incentives for self-employment | Incentives for starting a business based on the various types of target categories (young people, women, persons over 50, disadvantaged categories) |
Incentives for small businesses aimed at increasing employment | Incentives for hiring and/or starting a business envisaged by national and regional legislation |
Equal opportunities | Positive actions to promote the participation of weaker segments of society in the labour market (training, access to employment, careers, inclusion in certain work sectors) |
Continuous training | Financing business, sectoral and individual training plans and “vouchers” provided by the Regions pursuant to Art. 9 of Law no. 236/93 and Art. 6 of Law no. 53/00 |
Implementation of educational and professional training obligations | Funding programs for compulsory education through the school system, vocational training and apprenticeship (Article 68, Law no. 144/99) |
European Social Fund (ESF) | Systematic actions in the field of training and education Actions in the field of education co-funded by the ESF |