Minimum wage, Bonetti: “It is necessary to make companies cost less work”

At the inauguration of the 60th edition of the Salone del Mobile in Milan held in Rho Fiera this morning was also present the Minister of Equal Opportunities and of the Family, Elena Bonetti, who commented on the microphones of the opinion newspaper La Ragione – leAli alla liberty. European Commission announcement on the EU directive on minimum wages. “The minimum wage is one of the elements that is in the European debate today. Europe has done well to give itself a guideline. I believe that today the issue of wages is a priority issue, not only for the minimum element but because it is necessary to make the work cost less for companies. We need to reduce the tax wedge and increase the remuneration for male and female workers. We are doing it especially for women, on this line of decontribution we must go forward with conviction. ” “From the wage point of view, the European Union has approved a resolution that is now in the debate that imposes the issue of wage transparency to promote equal pay between men and women. Italy has adopted an important law (Law 162) which strengthened the instruments of control and transparency. We in the PNRR wanted to further encourage this issue. The overall strategy that the Italian government has put in place is entirely consistent with the European spirit. We strongly support, on the one hand from a regulatory point of view, the controls and the need for fair pay and, on the other hand, the incentive for the promotion of female employment, women’s careers and integration of women even in the most remunerated sectors such as the scientific-technological sector “With regard to policies on equal opportunities, Bonetti declares to La Ragione:” The Family Act (law 32/22) is finally law, which invests in female work and solves one of the critical problems of our country or the non-reconciliation between motherhood and work. Too many women have been forced to give up work or vice versa not being able to have children to keep their jobs. This is unacceptable and incompatible with our democratic form. The Family Act invests in female work and support for parenting. We have also carried out another important tool, namely the certification for gender equality for companies that will enter It is in effect between the end of the month and the beginning of July. With this certification, companies will be supported to pursue paths to enhance women’s work and leadership and will have advantages because first and foremost they will pay less taxes, women’s work will cost less and will also have advantages under the procurement code. ” A particularly important Salone del Mobile not only for the 60th anniversary but also for an important female leadership: “For the first time, concludes the Minister, a female president of the Salone del Mobile: it is a historic step and the sign of a sector in the which female entrepreneurship has assumed an important value. I am proud that this important event sees a capable woman at the wheel. I believe that the world of Italian business is making progress. It is the task of the institutions to favor this process ”.