Placement in agriculture is regulated by Decree-Law 7 of 3.2.1970, which became Law 83 of 11.3.1970, by Law 459 of 8.8.1972, by Law 56 of 28.2.1987 and by Law 608 of 28.11.1996 (Art. 9 ter, 9 quater, 9 quinquies).
The regulations concerning placement in agriculture have undergone multiple modifications since the seventies aimed at a more extensive monitoring and planning of manpower employment.
The tasks of placement offices have thus been extended and targeted at promoting and creating productive and economic conditions which would contribute to raising the level of employment in a depressed sector such as agriculture. The new scope of functions includes planning and analysing employment requirements and prospects in the various agricultural regions.
An important innovation has been the creation of collaboration bodies at various "territorial" levels for agricultural manpower. These are new and real employment policy instruments with a stronger involvement of the unions in the placement function. Law 56/87 also set up the local commissions and offices for placement in agriculture and, where appropriate, their decentralised sections; they replace the former local commissions and sections which had a smaller and less homogeneous catchment area and they carry out new and more comprehensive functions. The option of hiring by name-call has also been extended to placement in agriculture.
Law 608/96 also contains new regulations on fixing the number of working days in the agricultural sector (Art. 9 quinquies) and concerning the obligation on the employer to establish and maintain a company register. The following details of the employees of the company are to be listed in this directory under the rubrics "personal data" and "remuneration" in chronological order (by date of recruitment): personal details, tax number, place of work, duties, relevant collective agreement, occupational category, agreed gross daily wage and date of recruitment (Art. 9 quater).
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