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One of the worst cultural facets of employment policy-making on the European continent is the prevailing belief that the road to full employment is paved with rigid job protection laws …

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An IMF working Paper on the Italian wage bargaining system has found that it has the highest level of pay determination rigidity in Europe and a number of inherent blocks on improvements to productivity …

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The Italian government has expressed once again its opposition to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) free-trade deal between the European Union and Canada, claiming that Italy and the Italian economy needs to be defended …

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The recently approved “Dignity Decree” which came into force on 14th July 2018 is the first legislative act of the new Italian government in the area of labour relations and represents an overturn of the previous government’s “Jobs Act” …

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Corruption is so rife in the Italian public sector that the state financial guard (protection agency) has investigated public contracts worth 7 …

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If a sexual harassment case goes to court in Italy on what grounds will it be dismissed? On November 24 2017, the President of the female team organisation of Lazio football club filed a complaint concerning an alleged incident in 2015 which was captured on video and had itself been part of a succession of such incidents …

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The new Minister of Labour and Economic Development, Luigi Di Maio, has warned food delivery platforms such as Foodora and Deliveroo that he wants delivery workers to be paid a retainer rather than just for each delivery …

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Dismissal on grounds of poor performance remains a difficult process in Italy …

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The Italian peninsula has had to bear the brunt of illegal immigration and Italian employers have had to be doubly sure that an applicant is not seeking a job with forged papers …

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Dismissal of a company executive on organisational grounds has been found recently by the Supreme Court (9127/18)) to be lawful, provided that their role no longer exists …

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The statistical office ISTAT has reported that employment accelerated in March 2018, largely due to a monthly 0 …

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The Italian parliament has decided to repeal its Privacy Law completely and replace it with a new law implementing the GDPR …

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Employers may wish to take advantage of a new facility introduced in the government’s 2018 budget which removes from liability under income tax and employer social taxes and contributions payments made to employees for public transport travel passes …

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Employers who hire those aged under 35 this year (30 from 2019) on open-ended contracts may now take advantage of a 50% discount on the majority of their social contributions …

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