After Inps, Covip and Ania, the Minister of Labor, Marina Calderone, also gives the green light to the proposal of a pension fund at birth, initially funded by a public contribution and subsequently by payments from family members and the beneficiary. “We are evaluating the feasibility of the pension fund at birth,” said the Labor Minister in an interview with Corriere della Sera. “And the funding can be found, without taking it away from other tools, especially since to start the pension fund at birth only small amounts are needed.” In Germany, the government has just launched such a fund, providing for a payment of 10 euros per month.
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Towards extension of tax relief on renewals
Calderone then reiterated the goal of aiming to confirm, in 2027, the labor package already included in the 2026 budget: “That is,” she said, “it is about confirming the discounts on contract renewals, therefore the reduced taxation, investing in productivity contracts, confirming the reduced taxation at one percent up to five thousand euros. This measure has led to an important result. Thousands more contracts have been filed with the Ministry of Labor and the productivity bonuses granted by companies during 2026 have increased on average by 500 euros per person” (obviously in those companies where second-level bargaining exists).
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There will also be a focus on additional funds for training, both initial and ongoing, connected to the revolutions underway in the world of work. The main targets are tools such as the New Skills Fund and the Its Academy, which, in recent years and also thanks to European funding, have delivered extremely significant results.
Durigon: the League is working on exit flexibility in the budget
Also speaking in an interview with ilSussidiario.net on the occasion of the Rimini Meeting is the Undersecretary of Labor, Claudio Durigon: “In the budget on the labor front, I believe it would be important to maintain the measures already adopted in recent years, particularly the tax relief on wage increases resulting from contract renewals. If possible, we will increase incentives for corporate welfare, which in some cases represents additional salary, and we will try to strengthen corporate efficiency, also through greater exit flexibility: I think it is unacceptable to have to work until 67 years old when there is talk of implementing artificial intelligence in companies. As the League, we are studying the possibility of including in the budget an exit flexibility that allows, with full freedom of choice for workers, to retire at 64 years old.”
