You write it cyclical part timewe read “one of those endless disputes” in which thousands of workers, especially female workers, have been fighting for years.”
What is cyclical part time
Cyclical part time is a form of work that cyclically involves periods of suspension of work. “The workers who sign this type of contract – he explains Anna Bilato of the Inca presidency college –they already know from the start that they will encounter, cyclically, a periods not worked during which they will not receive wages and will not be covered by contributions. To give a clear example, often the female workers of school canteens – we are talking about female workers because it is a sector where the majority of the workforce is made up of women – they are contracted on a cyclical part-time basis in which the periods of non-work coincide with student holidays, so work essentially stops the first in June and resumes in September, following the rhythm of teaching. These workers, already penalized by a low income due to the fact that their work is often not full time, from June to September find themselves without pay and therefore without contributory coverage”.
Retired later
This in practice determines the fact that to reach the requirements for the pension, those who work on a cyclical part-time basis would need more years of work, cyclically interrupting the payment of contributions.
What the Inca does
And here the Inca CGIL comes into play. “For this type of worker – explains Anna Bilato – there is the possibility of requesting the notional contributory coverage with regards to periods not worked. A great achievement brought home by the CGIL in 2020 with a rule which provides, for this type of work which is interrupted cyclically, the possibility of requesting credit for the notional contribution. The crediting of this type of contribution has been automatic by INPS since the law existed, but workers by going to the Inca offices they can instead recover their progress relating to the entire period prior to the entry into force of the law”.
“It is essential to remember – explains Anna Bilato – that figurative contributions are valid for the purposes of achieving the right to pension treatment However Not will be used for the purposes of determining the amount of the pension”.
