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In the Official Gazette no. 246 of 14 October 2021, the Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers of 12 October 2021 (the “Prime Ministerial Decree” or the “Decree“) was published. The Prime Ministerial Decree, supplementing and updating the first Decree of 17 June, sets out the verification methods carried out by public ....

Decree Law no. 146 (so – called “Tax Decree “) has just been published in the Official Gazette n. 252 of 21 October 2021. Below the main labour-related provisions:  Furlough: Employers who suspend or reduce work activity due to events related to the COVID-19 pandemic may benefit of an additional period of up to 13 ....

Decree Law No. 127 of September 21, 2021 (hereinafter, “Decree“), in force since September 22, has introduced the COVID-19 Green Certification obligation (hereinafter, “Green pass”) to all workers in the public and private sectors. In particular, from October 15, 2021, through December 31, 2021 (the current end of the “state of emergency”), “anyone carrying out ....

Whistleblowing is being redefined . The Legislative Decree implementing the EU Directive 2019/1937 “on the protection of persons who report Union law violations” (the “Directive“) is almost ready. It will bring significant changes compared to the rules that came into force in 2012 (Law 6 November 2012, no. 190) in the public sector and at ....

Published in the Official Gazette no. 176 of 24 July 2021, Law no. 106 of 23 July 2021, (hereafter the “Conversion Law“), converting Decree-Law no. 73 of 25 May 2021containing “urgent measures related to the COVID-19 emergency, for businesses, work, young people, health and regional services” Support Decree-bis). The measure entered into force the day ....

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), with its ruling of 17 March 2021 (case C-652/2019), decided on prejudicial issues raised by the Court of Milan on 5 August 2019 on the legitimacy of the collective dismissal provisions contained in the Jobs Act. Facts of the case The case regards an employee hired ....

The Fondo Nuove competenze – FNC (New Skills Fund) was introduced by article 88, paragraph 1, of the “Relaunch Decree” (Decree Law no. 34/2020) and subsequently amended by Article 4 of the August Decree (Decree Law no. 104/2020). It is a tool with a twofold purpose introduced during the emergency – to allow workers to ....

According to ordinary fixed-term contract rules (Art. 19 et seq. of Legislative Decree no. 81/2015), the extension exceeding 12 months and a renewal must be justified by one of the following reasons: temporary and objective needs, unrelated to normal operations, or needs to replace other workers; needs associated with temporary, significant and unforeseeable uptakes in ....