Higher education and research apprenticeships
This is an open-term employment contract aimed at the training and employment of young people, enabling them to obtain higher education qualifications (three-year degree, master's degree, Level I and II master's degree, PhD) or to carry out research activities.
The advanced training and research apprenticeship contract allows young people between the ages of 18 and 29 to combine work and study: it is possible to be employed by a company with an apprenticeship contract and at the same time obtain a degree or develop a research project.
This type of contract offers employers the opportunity to include in their workforce medium-high profiles with specialised skills, which can help bring innovation to companies and increase their productivity.
Applicability: all productive sectors, both public and private.
Duration: minimum 6 months, maximum 3 years. The contents and duration of the training are established in the Individual Training Plan on the basis of a memorandum of understanding between enterprise and University.
In Veneto there is an agreement between the Veneto Region, the Regional School Office for Veneto, Veneto Universities and social partners, which regulates the general criteria for the implementation of high level training and research apprenticeships, signed on 21 June 2016.
Description
The maximum number of apprentices that the enterprise can employ is:
- companies with 10 employees or more: 3 trainees for every 2 employees (TIND or TDET);
- companies with 3 to 9 employees: 1 trainee for every skilled or qualified employee in service;
- companies with up to 3 employees: maximum 3 trainees.
These provisions do not apply to craft enterprises, for which the provisions of Article 4 of Law 443/1985 apply.
Unless otherwise prescribed by law or by the CCNLs, trainees are excluded from the calculation of the numerical limits provided for by laws and collective agreements for the application of particular regulations and institutions (Legislative Decree 81/2005, Art. 47, para. 3).
The regulation of the apprenticeship contract is left to national collective agreements, in compliance with certain principles, including:
- written form of the contract
- drafting of the individual training plan
- the presence of a tutor or company contact person to assist the trainee with the aim of passing on the skills needed to carry out the work activities
- possibility of withdrawal at the end of the training period. If neither party exercises this option, the relationship continues for an indefinite period.
Companies that apply a CCNL that does not regulate apprenticeship 'may refer to a similar sector contractual regulation' for both the regulatory and economic profiles of the institution.
Benefits for companies
Contribution and tax benefits
Expected contribution rate:
- Companies with 10 or more employees: 10% of taxable salary;
- Companies with less than 10 employees:
- 1st year: 1.5%;
- 2nd year: 3%;
- following years: 10%.
The NASPI contribution and the supplementary contribution for compulsory insurance against involuntary unemployment (a total of 1.61%) must also be added to the contribution rate thus determined.
In the event of extension of the permanent contract, exemption from the payment of 50% of the employer's social security contributions - up to a maximum of € 3,000 on an annual basis - for a maximum period of 12 months and provided that the employee has not reached the age of 30 on the date of extension.
Salary benefits
- Level of classification (Up to 2 levels below that of workers employed in jobs requiring the qualification for which the contract is intended);
- Salary in % (Fixed in % compared to that of workers employed in jobs requiring the qualification for which the contract is aimed).
Regulation facilitations
- Exclusion from the calculation of the numerical limits provided for particular institutes of law and collective agreement applied (e.g. Law 68/99);
- No obligation to finalise contracts at the end of the training period.
Reference legislation and websites
- Decree of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies, in agreement with the Ministry of Education, University and Research and the Ministry of Economy and Finance defining the training standards of apprenticeship and the general criteria for the implementation of apprenticeship paths in implementation of Article 46, paragraph 1 of Legislative Decree No. 81 of 15 June 2015 approved by the State-Regions Conference on 1 October 2015
- Law no. 81 of 15 June 2015 "Organic regulation of employment contracts and revision of the regulations on work duties, according to article 1, paragraph 7, of Law no. 183 of 10 December 2014" (Jobs act)
- Law No. 78 of 16 May 2014 "Urgent provisions to favour employment boosting and to simplify duties for enterprises".
- Unified Text on Apprenticeship - Legislative Decree no. 167 of 14 September 2011
- Law no. 92 of 28 June 2012, "Provisions on labour market reform in a growth perspective".
- Law no. 183 of 12 November 2011, "Provisions for the formation of the annual and long-term budget of the State (Stability Law 2012)
- Resolution of the Veneto Region 31/07/2012, no. 1560
- Veneto Region - University - Social Partners Agreement, September 2016
- Veneto Region website
Reference office
Career service
palazzo Storione, riviera Tito Livio 6, 35123 Padova
tel. 049.827 3902/3317
placement@unipd.it
www.unipd.it/placement
Higher education and research apprenticeship - Research PhDs
This is an initiative involving close cooperation between universities and companies. The company proposes a research project agreed with the PhD course and targeted at young master's degree graduates no older than 29 (at the time of recruitment) interested in developing a research project within an industrial context.
The graduate follows a PhD course and at the same time is hired by the company with an apprenticeship contract for higher education and research. The apprenticeship contract with the company covers the duration of the doctoral student's training (3 years).
Graduates wishing to participate must apply to the competition for admission to the University of Padua's PhD programmes (cycle XXXVII).
Companies interested in hiring a PhD student must fill in and send the expression of interest by 18 March 2021 (PhD and Postgraduate Studies Office will then contact them) and sign the memorandum of understanding with the University, attaching the joint project, by 10 May 2021.
The joint project must be defined in agreement with a lecturer and/or the coordinator of the PhD course.
The contract of employment of the PhD trainee must be signed by 16 September 2021 and submitted by that same date to the PhD and Postgraduate Studies Office, PhD Sector, attaching the individual training plan.
The company commits to pay the University a contribution of € 2,500 per year by 31 January for the operating expenses of the PhD course.
The public call for applications for admission to PhD Courses for the academic year 2021/2022 - cycle XXXVII will be available on the page "Calls and Rankings" by the beginning of April 2021.
Courses are scheduled to start on 1 October 2021.
PhD: information for companies
Eligibility: all productive sectors, both public and private.
Duration: minimum 6 months, maximum 3 years. The contents and duration of the training are established in the Individual Training Plan on the basis of a memorandum of understanding between the company and the University.
In Veneto esiste un accordo tra Regione del Veneto, Ufficio scolastico regionale per il Veneto, le Università venete e parti sociali, che disciplina i criteri generali per la realizzazione di percorsi di apprendistato di alta formazione e ricerca, siglato il 21 giugno 2016.
Description: the maximum number of trainees a company can employ is:
- enterprises from 0 up to 2 qualified employees: maximum 3 trainees;
- enterprises with 3 to 9 skilled employees: 1 trainee for each skilled or qualified employee in service;
- enterprises with more than 9 skilled employees: 3 trainees for every 2 skilled or qualified employees.
These provisions do not apply to craft enterprises, for which the measures of Article 4 of Law 443/1985 are applied.
Unless otherwise provided for by law or by the CCNLs, trainees are excluded from the calculation of the numerical limits established by laws and collective agreements for the application of particular regulations and institutes (Legislative Decree 81/2005, art. 47 par. 3).
The regulation of the apprenticeship contract is left to national collective agreements, in compliance with certain principles, including:
- written form of the contract
- drafting of the individual training plan
- the presence of a tutor or company contact person to assist the trainee in the acquisition of the required skills;
- possibility of withdrawal at the end of the training period. If neither party takes up this option, the relationship continues for an indefinite period.
Companies that apply a CCNL that does not regulate apprenticeship 'may refer to a similar sector contractual regulation' for both the regulatory and economic profiles of the institution.
PhD: benefits for companies
Contributive benefits
- Contribution of 11.61% paid by the company and 5.84% paid by the trainee - tot. 17.45%;;
- Per le imprese con meno di 10 dipendenti si applica:
5.84% contribution rate for the apprentice
First year of apprenticeship employer contribution rate 3.11% - tot. 8.95%;
Second year of apprenticeship: employer contribution rate 4.61% - tot. 10.45%.
Subsequent years: employer's contribution rate 11.61% - tot. 17.45%.
- Confirmation incentive: maintenance of tax reduction for the year following the end of the apprenticeship period, in case of confirmation.
Salary benefits
Elimination of compensation for training outside the company;
- reduction to 10% of the hourly wage for in-company training hours;
- grading level (up to 2 levels lower than that of workers assigned to tasks requiring the same qualification).
Legal benefits
Workers employed under an apprenticeship contract are excluded from the numerical limits for the whole duration of the contract, as provided for by law and collective ccnl, (e.g. Law n. 68/1999).
Tax benefits
the company cost of the apprentice is excluded from the IRAP tax base.
PhD: legislation and reference sites
Legislative Decree No. 81 of 15 June 2015 "Organic regulation of employment contracts and revision of the regulations on jobs, pursuant to Article 1, paragraph 7, of Law No. 183 of 10 December 2014" (Jobs act);
Decree of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies, in agreement with the Ministry of Education, University and Research and the Ministry of Economy and Finance of 12 October 2015 defining the training standards of apprenticeship and the general criteria for the implementation of apprenticeship paths in accordance with Article 46, paragraph 1 of Legislative Decree No. 81 of 15 June 2015 approved by the State-Regions Conference on 1 October 2015;
Veneto Region Resolution no. 1050 of 29 June 2016 ratifying the Agreements between the Veneto Region, the Ministry of Education, Universities and Research and the Regional School Office for Veneto and the Social Partners for the regulation of training standards and general criteria for the implementation of apprenticeship pathways pursuant to Articles 43 and 45 of Legislative Decree no. 81/2015 and the Interministerial Decree of 12 October 2015, signed on 21 June 2016.
Interconfederal agreement of 18 May 2016.
Reference office
PhD and Postgraduate Office
Settore Dottorato di Ricerca
PhD Sector
Via Venezia 15, 35131 Padua
Postal address: Via VIII Febbraio 1848, n. 2 - 35122 Padova
tel. 049.827 6479 - fax 049.8276379
phd@unipd.it
Contact person: Valentina Bregaglio
Career Service
via Martiri della Libertà, 2
35137 Padova
tel. 049.8273075
placement@unipd.it
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