DEFINITION
This is a mixed purpose contract to train young people under the age of 29 years and 364 days. It combines a permanent employment contract with a temporary training contract. Ab origine, it is a permanent contract.
The contract cannot be terminated during the training period without just cause or justified reason. It can be terminated at the end of the training period (with due notice).
It applies general employment regulations with some important waivers and special rules regarding working hours, grade, remuneration and training requirements.
The legislative decree No. 81 of 15 June 2015 envisages three types of contract:
Relevant regulations
The higher education and research apprenticeship is regulated by article 45 of the legislative decree No. 81 of 15 June 2015 and leads to the following qualifications:
It can also be applied to
ADVANTAGES FOR COMPANIES
A) REDUCTIONS IN CONTRIBUTIONS
Companies with more than 9 employees*
Employer contribution rate: 10%
Employee contribution rate: 5.84%
NASPI contribution rate: 1.31%
Inter-professional fund contribution rate: 0.30%
Companies with 9 or fewer employees*
Employer contribution rate:
1st year: 1.5%
2nd year: 3%
From the 3rd year: 10%
Employee contribution rate: 5.84%
NASPI contribution rate: 1.31%
Inter-professional fund contribution rate: 0.30%
NEW INCENTIVES IN THE 2017 STABILITY LAW (No. 232/2016, sub-sections 308/309) FOR 3RD LEVEL APPRENTICESHIPS
From 1 January to 31 December, incentives for employers who recruit young people even as apprentices.
Full reduction in contributions up to an annual total of €3,250 for a maximum period of 36 months.
SUBJECT TO APPLICATION TO INPS (National Social Security and Pensions Service)
CALCULATION OF THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
* According to the INPS circular No. 22/2007, the calculation of the number of employees (which must consider the entire company not individual units) includes:
a) managers;
b) employees with permanent contracts;
c) employees with fixed-term contracts, calculated as in the provisions of article 27, legislative decree No. 81/2015;
d) home-based workers;
e) part-time workers in proportion of the number of hours worked (article 9, legislative decree No. 81/2015);
f) employees on leave of absence (illness, maternity, etc.) if their replacements have not be counted;
g) occasional workers counted among the staff in proportion of the hours effectively worked in each 6 month period (article 18, legislative decree No. 81/2015;
The calculation does not include:
a) existing apprentices (at the time of recruitment) under article 47, sub-section 3 of the legislative decree No. 81/2015, including unemployed and mobility workers of any age receiving unemployment benefits who have been recruited on an apprenticeship contract
b) employees recruited on re-insertion contracts under article 20, law No. 223/1991 (very few cases in current employment practice);
c) contract workers sent by employment agencies;
d) employees recruited after having been engaged on socially useful and public utility programmes under article 7, legislative decree No.81/2000. Once recognised, the reduction in contributions is maintained even should the number of employees exceed the threshold of nine.
B) REDUCTIONS IN REMUNERATION
RELATIONS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE
HOW TO ACTIVATE A HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH APPRENTICESHIP