Italy: Public sector pay deal reached

A pay agreement was reached for central government employees and schools staff in January 2009, providing for wage increases that keep pace with forecast inflation in 2009, but the deal was not unanimously accepted by trade unions.

The agreement was signed on 23 January by the Aran public sector employers’ bargaining agency and by unions affiliated to the Cisl and Uil confederations, and was subsequently approved by the public Audit Office.