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An amendment to the Liquidity Decree was approved in the House Committee on 21 May last, which relieves employers of any liability whatsoever in the event that employees should contract COVID-19 in the company, provided that the relevant protocols are followed. The amendment states, verbatim, that: “For the purposes of safeguarding against the risk of ....

Urged by requests for protection from some bicycle couriers who proposed an emergency appeal, as per article 700 of the Code of Civil Procedures, the Court of Florence (Florence Labour Court 1 April 2020) first, and then Bologna’s (Bologna Labour Court 14 April 2020) ruled that food delivery platforms have an obligation to provide them ....

Article 46 of the Cura Italia Decree, containing urgent measures to contrast the COVID 19 emergency states that “beginning from the date the degree goes into effect starting any proceedings as per articles 4, 5 and 24 of Italian Law no. 223 of 23 July 1991 is prohibited for 60 days and pending proceedings started ....

Il diffondersi del nuovo virus COVID-19 (cd coronavirus) impone alle aziende di aggiornare il Documento di Valutazione dei rischi (cd DVR), tracciando il nuovo rischio biologico ad esso collegato. Ciò in quanto il datore di lavoro: (i) ai sensi dell’art. 2087 cod. civ., ha il dovere di apprestare tutte le misure di sicurezza al fine ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement no. 1663 of 24 January 2020, extended the rules on employment to riders. According to the Supreme Court, the regime of autonomy of the workers regime is intact in the genetic phase of the agreement (the worker being free to oblige himself or not to provide the service) but ....