Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Italy which reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Italy: Mandatory health and safety training
The obligation to undertake mandatory health and safety training now extends to business owners …
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Italy: Examination of green passes via email
Daily examination of green passes by employees can now be undertaken remotely via email …
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Italy: Agreement on ‘smart working’ protocol beyond Covid-19
A national Protocol has been agreed on remote working in the private sector that will build on law 81/2017 and the emergency measures launched at the start of the pandemic …
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Italy: Unlawful recordings
ITALY: A tribunal in Venice has found that the secret recoding of a meeting with an employer for the purpose of sharing the contents with colleagues was unlawful …
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Italy: Green passes for work
Daily examination of green passes by employees can now be undertaken remotely via email …
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Italy: New provisions to implement equal opportunities/treatment at work
A new Bill introduces the “Gribaudo” equal opportunities law, applicable with effect from next year …
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Italy: Atlantia to grant 10 day paid leave to staff for charity volunteering
The company that owns the main motorways in Italy, and both Fuimicino and Ciampino airports, is offering extra paid leave to those employees undertaking voluntary work …
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Italy: Unipol ditches working from home to boost productivity
The Italian insurer Unipol is asking all its employees to return to office work over fears of falling productivity …
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Italy: Employer always responsible for accidents at work
When a fatal injury takes place, employers are always regarded under civil law as directly liable …
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Italy: “Cassa Covid” salary support
Companies in certain sectors may continue to receive “Cassa Covid” salary support until the end of the year …
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Italy: US bases in Italy apply country’s tougher green pass restrictions
An Italian decree that came into force in mid-October 2021 requiring all employees to have a “green pass” in order to gain entry to their workplace is also being applied in US military bases …
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Italy: Fines increased for companies not meeting quota for employees with disabilities
Employers have now received an increase in financial support for employing disabled workers …
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Italy: Waiters’ tips considered employment income
The Supreme court has ruled that tips paid for service in the hospitality and other sectors must be subject to tax …
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Italy: Court finds auto part company guilty of breaching trade union rights
A British auto component company has been found by the Florence Labour Court to have infringed a union’s labour rights …
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Italy: Mandatory COVID-19 health passes
From 15th October 2021, it will be a legal obligation for all employees to hold a green pass showing proof of immunity …
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