Recruitment to the lower ranks of the public administration
2.5.2.6.Recruitment to the lower ranks of the public administration
In general, recruitment in public administrations takes place by public (competitive) entrance examination open to persons with specified diplomas, or by diplomas and examinations.
Art. 16 of Law 56/87 introduced an important new aspect, concerning recruitment to a public function, for positions of employment which only require compulsory school education, i.e. until Grade IV. For these positions, a selection is made from unemployed or redundant workers registered on the specific lists with the placement offices.
The bodies concerned are the state administrations, including those with an autonomous structure, public institutions of a national type and those which carry out activities in one or more regions, the provinces, the municipalities, the local health units, etc.
To be able to benefit from this provision, the bodies concerned must carefully plan their personnel requirements, in order to make their applications for selection annually.
The workers concerned are those who wish to be recruited with the qualifications requiring only compulsory school education and who must be registered on the ordinary placement lists, the "mobility lists", or in the lists for placement in agriculture.
They also have to meet the following requirements:
- Italian citizenship or possession of a standard residence permit for professional reasons;
- physical capacity for employment;
- enjoy civic rights;
- aged at least 18 and not more than 40.
These workers must ask to be registered on a special priority list, to be drawn up in December of each year.
The following will be considered in this priority list: family dependants, economic situation and assets, number of years of registration or duration of benefit from the Wage Compensation Fund.
The candidate may be registered on this list with the local office of employment in the district where he/she resides or, without changing his/her residence, with another local office.
Removal from the list may take place in the following cases:
- permanent recruitment;
- fixed-term recruitment for longer than 4 months in a year;
- loss of essential required conditions;
- non-confirmation of status as unemployed;
- no response to summons without legitimate reason;
- refusal of permanent employment.
The system adopted for placement is that of selection tests following the order of the priority list.
As a general rule, the administrations concerned summon a number of workers equal to the number of positions to be filled.
Those concerned are informed in writing or by publication of the vacancies.
Those concerned are then selected according to aptitude tests or work trials corresponding to the tasks to be carried out.
Workers who are found to be suitable are named according to the results of the tests and trials and called to the administration concerned in the order of placement.
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