Labour Consultancy

According to the data provided by Agcm – the Italian Antitrust Authority – 616 companies obtained the legality rating over the first 8 months of 2016, increasing compared to 434 in the same period of 2015. The rating was established in 2012 with the aim of promoting ethical principles in business practices among Italian companies, in accordance with the conversion law of decree no. 29/2012. It is a rating system that the Agcm employs to assess the ethical and legal liability of companies that, if complying with legal and quality requirements, can access public and bank financing. It is clear that the market needs companies which work legally and are certified.

With Asse.Co. employers and employees are protected from disputes. Undeclared work, in fact, is targeted by the inspection activity of the Ministry of Labour but thanks to the certification of employment relations, Labour Consultants try both to encourage legal work and to help the inspection activity of the Ministry. Companies with Asse.Co. can obtain two instant benefits: less chance of being inspected and the certainty of the company’s legality, should the company be among a selected sample.

As a result of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Ministry of Labour and the National Council of the Order of Labour Consultants, the platform set up by the Fondazione Studi Consulenti del Lavoro is working, which allows Consultants to “certify” the companies’ contribution and salary regularity in managing employment relations, making compliance easier and promoting legality at the same time. Upon obtaining contribution and salary compliance, “certified” companies become part of the Ministry of Labour’s inspection selection criteria, which will take into account “certified” companies for assessments and to verify compliance of companies in private contracts.

Asse.Co. is issued by the National Council of the Order of Labour Consultants, upon the employer’s voluntary request, on the basis of two liability statements: one made by the employer on the absence of offences in the year preceding the request (child labour, working time, safety at work, undeclared work); the other made by the Labour Consultant on the existence of requirements for the Durc issue and in compliance with collective bargaining. The list of companies obtaining the certification is published on the Ministry of Labour and the National Council of the Order of Labour Consultants website.

The “certifying” Consultant, on the one hand, represents legality due to the membership of an Order subject to the supervision of the Ministry of Labour and, on the other hand, because of the specific knowledge and preparation. In fact, in order to issue the Asse.Co., the labour consultant must attend an e-learning training course, available on the same platform, at the end of which a training certificate is issued, which gives access to the Asse.Co. procedure in order to begin the Certification process.