The European Commission has proposed to provide Italy with €1.4 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 184 former workers of Alitalia to find new jobs. Most of the redundancies occurred in the region of Lazio...
Marianne Thyssen, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, commented: "The European Globalisation Fund is a concrete sign of European solidarity. Many sectors and industries in Europe are going through major structural changes, as a consequence of globalisation. Through this fund, we are supporting the transition of former Alitalia workers into new jobs. Results show an encouraging re-employment rate of almost 50% amongst workers having benefited from this personalised and targeted assistance".Italy applied for support from the EGF following the dismissal of 1 249 workers in Alitalia. These job losses resulted from the decline of the EU's market share in international passenger air transport between 2008 and 2014.
The measures co-financed by the EGF would help the 184 workers facing the greatest difficulties in finding new jobs by providing them with skill assessment and active job-search support, training, reimbursement of mobility cost to attend training and hiring incentives.
The total estimated cost of the package is €2.3 million, of which the EGF would provide €1.4 million. The remaining €900 000 will be paid by national sources. The proposal now goes to the European Parliament and the EU's Council of Ministers for approval.
