This April 2024, the amendment to the Working Conditions Ordinance for Administrative Workers was published and is now in force.
Order no. 128/2024/1 of 2 April introduces the sixth amendment to Order no. 182/2018 of 22 June, which regulates the working conditions of administrative workers not covered by specific collective regulations.
The working conditions ordinance can only be applied in the absence of a collective bargaining agreement. It is an autonomous instrument, i.e. of original content, issued, in the absence of an agreement, under the following terms and conditions:
- When social and economic circumstances justify it;
- When there is no trade union or employers' association;
- When it is not possible to issue an extension decree through which the government extends the scope of collective agreements.
The applicability of minimum wages takes effect from 1 March 2024. This option of retroactivity in a non-negotiating instrument of an administrative nature seems criticisable from the perspective of the predictability of solutions and the confidence of economic agents.
Its applicability is not limited to any sector of activity. It is therefore an instrument of significant scope and practical interest.
