Insights

Social security contribution reliefs on performance bonuses for 2009 are still unavailable.

The General Department for the inspection activity of the Welfare, Labor and Health Ministry, with deed no. 69 of 10 September 2009, clarified that those employees who have been hired with apprenticeship agreements are entitled to receive, at the same time, the additional contribution called “piccola solidarietà” as well as the extraordinary pay addition treatment.

As of 20 August 2009 some new obligations and procedures for risk assessment and for completion of the required documentation become effective.

The Supreme Italian Court, decision n. 1778 of 30 July 2009, has assessed that in case of potential redundancies the employer is entitled to impose vacation periods even for long lasting periods.

It has been approved by the Government so called anti-crisis measure, a law decree which contains some new regulations relating to employment.

The Labour Ministry has postponed the deadline for submission to INAIL (National Insurance Against Injuries at Work) of lists of staff safety representatives to 16 August 2009.

In enactment of the provisions of the 2009 Finance Act (Law 203/08), the “anticrisis strategy” (Decree Law 185/08, converted to Law 02/09) and the so called “incentives decree” (Law Decree 05/09, converted to Law 33/09), and as a consequence of the understandings between the State and Regional Governments on 12 February, a number of framework agreements have been signed between the Regional Governments, social parties, Labour Ministry and INPS (National Institute of Social Insurance) to implement exceptional lay-off schemes on all forms of employment contracts.

The agreement signed in Lombardia on temporary lay-off schemes, as part of the application of CIG payments.