Training Leave

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Name of the instrument - Local language
Congedo per formazione
Name of the instrument - English translation
Training Leave
Scheme ID
249
Country
Italy
Reporting year
2020
Type of instrument
Training leave
Sub-type of instrument
Paid leave - only employer and employee are involved
Type of entry
Single instrument
Short description

Employees can take training leave for completion of compulsory schooling, upon achievement of the qualification of the second degree, university diploma or degree, to the participation in training activities other than those organised or financed by the employer. The employee can ask for training leave, however, as a general rule, the employer can refuse, or ask to postpone permission according to organisational reasons. The number of allowed hours is defined within collective sectoral agreements. It is not necessarily paid.

Level of operation
National
Name of a part of the country
Not applicable
Name of the region (for regional instruments)
Not applicable
Name of the sector (for sectoral instruments)
Not applicable
Relevance
Key instrument
Law No. 53 of March 8, 2000 ("Provisions for the support of motherhood and fatherhood, for the right to care and training and for the coordination of time in the cities").
Objective(s) and target(s)
"The present law promotes a balance between work, care, training and relationship times" (Law 53/2000)
Year of implementation
1970
Year of latest amendment
1970
Operation/management
The employee can ask for training leave, however, as general rule the employer can refuse, or ask to postpone permission according to organisational reasons (including number of employees already benefitting from training leave, in limits defined in the frame of collective agreements)
Eligible group(s)
Employees of public or private employers, who have at least five years' seniority with the same company or administration
Group(s) with preferential treatment
No preferential treatment
Education and training eligible
Completion of compulsory schooling, qualifications/diploma (secondary school), university degree, to the training activities other than those organised or financed by the employer.
Source of financing and collection mechanism
It is not necessarily paid: the Law 53/2000 (art. 5, clause 3) states: "During the period of leave for training, the employee retains his or her job and is not entitled to remuneration". However, in the frame of collective agreements some paid hours/days are actually allowed. For example, Trade do not recognise paid leave (https://www.contrattocommercio.it/art-172-congedi-per-formazione), Metalworkers Collective Agreement recognises part of the hours, not all allowed, therefore it is a combination of paid/unpaid leave.
Financing formula and allocation mechanisms
In collective agreements with the possibility of paid leave, the company pays the working hours for training (following certain conditions) [example, Metalworkers Collective Agreeement, art. 9]
Eligible costs
Working hours used for training, where applicable
Volumes of funding
Not applicable
Beneficiaries/take up
Not available
Organisation responsible for monitoring/evaluation
Not applicable
Most relevant webpage - in English
Not available
Most relevant webpage - local language
https://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/atto/serie_generale/caricaArticolo?art…
Recent changes

1970. Defined the possibility for the worker to have training leave, according to the constitutional principle of the right to study. The Law 53/2000 made operational the Statute of Workers - this law is still in force. There were no further amendments afterwards.

Recent changes in response to COVID-19

No changes

Sources
http://www.parlamento.it/parlam/leggi/00053l.htm
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