Publications

The Ministry of Labour and Social Policies has published on its institutional website a Vademecum providing guidelines for the management of workers who are exposed (indoors and outdoors) to high temperatures during the summer period. The preamble states that “in the light of climate change scenarios, the protection of workers from temperature-related accident risks is ....

The ‘Employment Decree’ (Italian Decree Law No. 48/2023) was converted into Italian Law No. 85 of 3 July 2023, which introduced important innovations for employers. Below is an analysis of the main changes introduced in the field of: (i) forward contracts; (ii) staff-leasing contracts; (iii) the right to ‘remote’ working. As regards fixed-term contracts, the ....

Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in the recruitment phase, offering new opportunities and challenges for personnel selection processes.The use of artificial intelligence in the preparatory phase of the employment relationship is becoming ever more important in the following activities:– Resume screening: AI can be used to perform the initial screening of ....

1. DIGITAL REVOLUTION AND LAW The emergence of technologies using artificial intelligence systems has ushered in a new round of debates on the key ethical, social and legal issues surrounding the use of such technologies and their consequences. Modern technologies – with their increasing impact on society and customs – pose the issue of devising ....

By Law converting, with amendments, Decree-Law no. 48/2023 – (the ‘Employment Decree’ (‘Decreto Lavoro’)) containing ‘Urgent measures for social inclusion and access to the workplace’ – which has been approved by the Italian parliament and is currently scheduled to be published in the Italian Official Gazette (“Conversion Law“) – the right to remote working will ....