Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Italy which reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Italy: Notification of hiring platform workers to the Ministry of Labour
It is now an obligation for employers to register the employment of every new platform-based employee via the online SPID system before the employment begins …
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Italy: Nestlé introduces three-month paternity leave allowance
Food manufacturer Nestlé has agreed to offer three months paid leave to assist with baby care, plus a large one-off bonus …
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Italy: Enel, Filctem, Flaei and Uiltec sign the “Statuto della Persona” to enhance the rights of the individual in the workplace
What has been heralded as a new type of collective agreement has been concluded between the State controlled energy company ENEL and the Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl and Uiltec trade unions …
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Italy: Measures to deal with the economic fall-out from the Ukraine war
The government has taken steps to deal with the economic fall-out from the Ukraine war …
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Italy: Employee’s waiver of future rights null and void
Companies should guard against putting their name to settlement agreements that contain a clause through which an employee signs away future rights …
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Italy: Termination for managers sending angry emails to senior management is legitimate
Angry email by a manager to his employer broke “relationship of trust” and thus justified dismissal …
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Italy: Employer health and safety responsibilities
Both actual and legal responsibility for health and safety at work may not be delegated to anyone without adequate decision making, or spending power, to keep the workplace risk free …
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Italy: Dismissal based on same reasons as collective redundancy unlawful
A company that uses the same data and reasoning to justify two consecutive collective redundancy programmes is operating a fraudulent scheme …
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Italy: Smart working extended until June 2022
Smart working extended for three months until 30th June 2022 …
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Italy: Court rejects referendum to liberalise cannabis
A growing section of the population supports the production and consumption of cannabis …
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Italy: Unvaccinated over-50s lose access to workplaces
All employees over the age of 50 must now be fully vaccinated, have recovered from COVID-19 or have a formal medical exemption …
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Italy: Discriminatory dismissal for exceeding maximum sick leave
An employee failed to win their claim that their dismissal was discriminatory, due to an error in their plea …
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Italy: Clarifications on compulsory occasional consultancies
Employers must now inform the Labour Inspectorate about “occasional use” of consultants …
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Italy: Lawful to exclude trade unions from renewal negotiations
A company may exclude a trade union from renewal of a collective agreement if the union failed to sign the previous second level agreement …
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Italy: New Italian procedure to contrast offshoring and related dismissals
A new three step procedure to discourage offshoring has been introduced by the 2022 Budget Law …
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