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The National Labour Inspectorate has warned companies which use outside contractors to address environmental issues as well as incorporate health and safety requirements into labour contracts …

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The Italian Guarantor for the Protection of Personal Data has served a notice against the system “ChatGPT” relating to a whole string of alleged infringements of the law …

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If an employee requests annual leave immediately following a period of sickness absence and then resumes sick leave as soon as they are due to return to work, then if their employer counts the intermediate leave as part of the sick leave they do not have justification for using its incidence as a basis for dismissal [Supreme Court: Case 582 1 …

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The public social security fund INPS has underlined that a 13th month salary payment does not qualify for the contribution exemption …

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The Supreme Court has found that the dismissal of an employee for taking absence without leave was legitimate after disciplinary action commenced 20 days from the date when the absence commenced …

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The Supreme Court has established that a company has no right to transfer an employee back to their original work location if they had been originally transferred to be closer to a disabled family member (under Law no …

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Companies that increase the level of their permanent employees in 2024 will be entitled to a reduction in their (irpef and ires) tax liability in relation to the cost of the increase in employment achieved …

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No judicial interference may exist to limit the prerogative of an employer to organise their business …

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The Italian government has increased the annual tax-free sum that may be paid employees in kind from its standard rate of €258 …

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During the period from 2024 to 2026 working mothers with 3+ children (under 18) are to be exempted from contributions to social security for the first €3,000 (US$3,268) of sums due …

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Where the clothing worn whilst on duty differs significantly from that worn when ‘off duty’ an employer must count the periods of changing into and out of it as working time, and it must be paid [Supreme Court case number 33937 of 5th December 2023] …

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Although it is normal for an employee to be given full monetary compensation for untaken holidays when they leave their employer, this should not normally be the case for managers who can determine their own holiday schedule …

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The Supreme Court has nullified article 5, paragraph 8, of Legislative Decree no …

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Employees in the field of food, drink and tourism will receive a 15% night and overtime supplement from the State …

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If parents take it in turn to go on parental leave sometime within the first six years of their child’s life, an allowance for one month at 80% of the normal salary is paid …

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