DLP Insights

With the enactment of the “Laws overhauling contracts”, namely Italian Legislative Decree no. 81/2015, a new phase is starting in contractual dynamics and trade union bargaining. There is a significant expansion of the areas where second level agreements can deviate from the general rules of various contractual regulations thus allowing employers to adapt them to ....

Autumn 2015 looks like it is going to be a hot one as negotiations are set to start for the renewal of 23 different national collective contracts. The renewal of the most important contracts includes the metalworking sector and chemical-pharmaceutical industry. The negotiations will take place in a context where important employment-related legal reforms have ....

As of 25 June 2015, the date when the Law on overhaul of contracts became effective, it is no longer possible to stipulate project-related contracts, while contracts currently in progress will remain in place until their natural expiration. Thus the spotlight has returned to long term consultant contracts “without a project”.

The Government has targeted improvement of employment of parents and has decided to do so by allowing greater flexibility in the use of parental leave.

As this newsletter was being prepared, the final four implementing decrees of the Jobs Act were approved. Specifically, the national agency for active policies (Anpal) and sole watchdog agency will debut, and individual unemployment checks will become effective as well new rules on remote controls on employees and on social shock absorbers.