Registration as an unemployed person does not depend on whether full-time or part-time work is sought.
The working hours are regulated by Law 692 of 15.3.1923, which provides for a working system of 8 hours per day and 48 hours per week. However, for a number of years now, collective agree-ments have fixed the working week at 40 hours and the most recent renewals have introduced further reductions.
Specific legislation also provides for special guarantees concerning working hours for children (under 15 years of age) and adolescents (between 15 and 18 years of age).
Night work is prohibited for all minors.
Part time
Workers who are prepared to accept a shorter working week than that stipulated in collective agreements can register on a special placement list, while remaining registered on the ordinary list.
Workers employed part time with a working week of less than 20 hours remain registered on the placement lists.
The part-time employment contract must be specified in writing and must set out the tasks assigned and the allocation of working hours (per day, week, month or year).
Collective agreements fix the percentage of part-time workers in relation to the total number of employees, tasks for which part-time work is possible and the intervals of time relating to the supply of such services.
When recruiting full-time personnel, those who have already worked part time in the company have the right to preferential treatment.
2.4.2.2. Training within a company
Persons in search of a training place in a company are included among the unemployed.
2.4.2.3. Desired duration of work
Permanent employment
Registration as an unemployed person does not depend on whether permanent or temporary work is sought.
As a general rule, regulations favour permanent employment contracts. Nevertheless, in certain cases provided for under the law, the employer may recruit on the basis of a fixed-term contract.
Fixed-term employment
Registration on the placement lists does not depend on whether a fixed-term employment or permanent employment is sought. Workers hired under a fixed-term contract or for a term which does not exceed four months remain registered on the placement lists.
The recruitment of workers on the basis of a fixed-term contract is admissible in certain cases which are explicitly indicated by the law:
- if specific well-defined seasonal activities are to be carried out;
- if workers who are absent are being replaced while their position is retained for them;
- if the recruitment is related to the execution or provision of a service which is defined and pre-determined;
- if personnel is being recruited for the production of shows or radio or television programmes;
- if work intensifies during certain periods of the year.
People who have worked seasonally under a fixed-term contract have priority when the same company is hiring people with the same skills.
2.4.2.4. Others
Seasonal workers are registered separately, and if they have carried out seasonal work under a fixed-term contract, they have priority to fill a position requiring the same qualifications within the same company.
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