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Article 15, paragraph 1, letter a) of the Law No. 81 dated 22 May 2017(the so-called Jobs Act of Self-Employed Individuals), published in the Official Gazette on 13 June 2017 and entered into force on 14 June, in discussing the contract for continuative and coordinated services, introduced, leaving unchanged what was established in Legislative Decree ....

With the final approval of the so called Self-employment Jobs Act – currently pending publication in the Official Gazette – a reform of the Italian laws has been introduced with the goal of providing financial-social protection to self-employed individuals that do not carry out their activity through a business. From a financial protection standpoint, the ....

With the main goal of balancing private life and work, DDL 2233-B has been approved in its final version, which, in fact, governs the so-called remote work, that is the type of work performed outside of the employer’s premises and without specific requirements in terms of working hours. The intrinsic characteristics of remote work clearly ....

On 30 March 2017, Legislative Decree No. 38/2017, related to the fight against bribery and corruption in the private sector has been approved. This piece of legislation extends the range of active subjects committing the offence as detailed in art. 2635 of the civil code, including – in addition to those that hold actual key ....

On 19 April 2017, the President of the Council of Ministers signed the decree implementing the so-called “Ape sociale”. This is an experimental measure, effective from 1 May 2017 to 31 December 2018, designed to accompany to retirement disadvantaged workers or those who are under conditions of distress. In particular, the workers who can benefit ....

Italian Law decree No. 25 dated 17 March 2017, published on the Official Gazette, has revoked the regulations on ancillary work, voiding completely the instrument already weakened by the latest legislative interventions applied by the amendments to the Jobs Act. Now new legislative policy instruments will have to be designed to fight unreported employment and ....

The Chamber, in the session dated 9 March 2017, has approved the Italian Draft Law detailing measures for the protection of non-entrepreneurial self-employment and measures aimed at favouring the flexibility in terms of time and place for employed work (the so called remote working). The provision now is sent back to the Senate for final approval. ....

At the sitting of 23 February 2017, the Chamber of Deputies finally approved Draft Law C. 4304 for conversion into law, with amendments, related to the Law Decree no. 244 dated 30 December 2016, bearing the extension and definition of terms (the so-called “One thousand extensions decree”) Regarding labour law, the measure in question, among ....