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Categories: Legislation

Draft law 1751 currently before the Justice and Labour Commissions of the Chamber of Deputies, regulates “whistleblowing”, i.e. employee reporting of unlawful acts encountered at work- This is a system which guarantees legality that is not very widespread in Italy, but is much more so abroad, especially in Great Britain and the USA. It provides ....

Categories: Legislation

Legislative Decree 151/2015, implementing the Jobs Act in terms of rationalisation and simplification of requirements, has repealed, effective as of 1 January 2017, paragraph 2, of article 3 of Law 68/1999. Therefore, starting on 1 January 2017, employers who employ more than 15 to 35 employees will have the obligation of hiring disabled workers as ....

Categories: Legislation

With the new article 4 of Law 300/1970, rewritten by the Jobs Act, the obligation to adequately inform workers on the procedures for using equipment from which remote control of work activities and work instruments may occur as well as the procedures for performing controls becomes the requirement for being able to use information collected ....

Categories: Legislation

Pursuant to article 2 of Legislative Decree 81/2015 enacted 25 June 2015, as of 1 January 2016, collaborations which are organised by others, with the exception of certain exclusions, shall be considered regular employment. Starting on the same date, article 54 of Legislative Decree 81/2015 offers customers/employers the possibility of stabilising workers who are already ....

Categories: Legislation

On 15 October 2015 the Council of Ministers approved the draft law concerning the financial maneuver expected for the year 2016 (so-called stability law). The text effects employment policy (i) confirming tax breaks for new hirings with open end contract, even if the benefit will only be for two years, with annual ceiling halved, which ....