Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Italy which reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
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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Italy: No more compensation for quarantined workers
Individuals who are sent home to quarantine because they have been in contact with anyone diagnosed as positive through a COVD-19 test are no longer classified as sick …
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Italy: Garante fines Deliveroo €2.5M for unlawful processing of riders’ personal data
The Italian data protection supervisory authority (Garante) is the latest public body to put Deliveroo in its sights …
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Italy: Law decree no. 99 of 30 June and the freeze on redundancies
The Sostegni-bis Decree that blocked individual and collective dismissals has ended …
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Italy: The footwear sector signs the renewal of the national collective labor agreement
A new collective agreement has been concluded in the 80,000-strong Italian footwear manufacturing sector …
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Italy: Law decree no. 99 of 30 June and the freeze on redundancies
The Decree Law 30th June 2021, no …
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Italy: Dismissal ban ends
Italian unions and left wing politicians have reacted sharply to part of the Spring recommendations issued by the European Commission that referred to Italy’s freeze on job cuts as “ineffective” and “counter-productive” …
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