The complaint Confederazione Generale Sindacale (CGS) v. Italy, No. 144/2017 v. Italy, was registered on 7 March 2017. It relates to Articles 1 (right to work), 4 (right to a fair remuneration), 6 (right to bargain collectively) 24 (right to protection in case of dismissal) and E (non-discrimination) of the Revised European Social Charter. The complainant trade union organisation alleges that Italian legislation on fixed-term employment contracts in the public sector - especially the education sector - improperly authorizes the renewal of such contracts and jeopardizes the situation of these public sector employees in violation of the above-mentioned provisions.

Case-document no. 1, Complaint registered on 7 March 2017
Original in Italian

 Case-document no. 2, Observations by the Government on admissibility

 Case-document no. 3, Submissions by the Government on the merits

 Case-document no. 4, Additional submissions by the Government on the merits

 Case-document no. 5, Response from the CGS to the Government's submissions on the merits

 Case-document no. 6, Further response from the Government on the merits

 Case-document no. 7, Response from the CGS to the questions of the Committee

 Case-document no. 8, Response from the Government to the questions of the Committee (French only)

 Case-document no. 9, Response from the CGS to the questions of the Committee

 Case-document no. 10, Response from the Government to the questions of the Committee

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 12 September 2017.

The European Committee of Social Rights adopted its decision on the merits on 9 September 2020.

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint No.144/2017

 Decision on the merits of the Complaint No.144/2017

 Recommendation CM/RecChS(2021)17 of the Committee of Minister of 16 June 2021