CNEL says no to minimum wage, yes to collective bargaining

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The National Council for Economics and Labour (CNEL) on Thursday rejected the idea of a national minimum wage, saying wage should be set by the “traditional way” of collective bargaining.

CNEL President Renato Brunetta. (Photo: ANSA)

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had turned to the CNEL to advise on casual work, the gig economy and a minimum wage after a tentative overture to opposition calls for a minimum wage of nine euros an hour.

Unlike most of its partners, Italy does not have a nationally government-mandated minimum wage.

The leader of one of the opposition parties who made the 9-euro-a-month call, former PM Guseppe Conte of the leftist populist 5-Star Movement (M5S), said that CNEL had “committed the perfect crime”.

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