In its make work welfare fashion, the Italian government finally appears to be ready to accept 1,500 workers laid off from Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA into the government workforce: Nino Cristofori, Italy’s minister of labour, announced yesterday that he will present, with the consent of the president of the republic, Giuliano Amato, an amendment to the agreement of last February that reinserts the provision allowing excess Olivetti employees to enter public administration offices in the north-central region of Italy; the provision was omitted from the labour decree before before the summer parliament recess; Cristofori says the government has arranged a meeting for next Tuesday between Olivetti and the unions to verify last February’s agreement.
