Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to Italy which reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.

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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Italy: Sostegni decree

The Council of Ministers has just adopted the second Sostegni decree that aims to inject €4 …

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Italy: Documents validity extended (COVID-19)

Identity documents that expired on or before 31st January 2020 have now been extended until 30th September 2021 …

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Italy: National recovery and resilience plan

The Italian government has forwarded to the European Commission its “National Recovery and Resilience Plan” …

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Italy: Agreement concluded between ENI and trade unions

An agreement just concluded between the leading oil company ENI and Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uilca trade unions will allow a major restructuring exercise to go ahead …

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Italy: Backpayments of social security for older workers

Employers may be finding that they are receiving demands from the INPS for backpayments of social security for older workers …

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