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On 25 March 2016, the Minister of Labour and Social Policies, in agreement with the Minister of the Economy and Finance, has signed the decree provided for by the 2016 Stability Law, for the purpose of the determination of the criteria (i) to measure increases in productivity, profitability, quality, efficiency and innovation based upon which ....

On 13 April 2016, the Minister of Labour and Social Policies, in agreement with the Minister of the Economy and Finance, has signed the implementing decree sanctioning “subsidized” part-time work as introduced by the 2016 Stability Law, to promote the so-called “active aging”. The decree in question clarifies the methods for employers to notify to ....

On 12 March 2016, the new procedure came into force governing online resignation and termination by agreement, introduced by the Jobs Act. However, there are certain critical aspects of the new procedure. Firstly, there is an initial doubt regarding the procedure’s application in the case of resignation during an employee’s trial period. On the one ....

By replying to questioning No. 7/2016 raised by Confindustria, the Ministry of Labour provides clarification on the right to priority and on contributory exemption. In particular, the Ministry of Labour was requested whether the employer may benefit from the contributory exemption under article 1, paragraph 118, of Law No. 190/2014, for the purposes of hiring ....

With its circular No. 3 of 1 February 2016, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies has given its own inspectors the first operational instructions on the new rules on freelance work coordinated by an employer, as per Legislative Decree No. 81/2015. In particular, the Ministry has dwelled upon the so-called heter-organisation issue, by considering ....

As regards the employment targeted at the disabled, Legislative Decree No. 151/2015 has introduced some new developments on the so-called ‘reserve quota’, partial exemptions, mandatory hiring procedures, automatic compensation for public employers and implementation of the so-called ‘Targeted employment database‘. Therefore, in order to enable the adjustment of the IT systems and ensure a full ....

After long, complex negotiations, signatures were affixed on 10 December 2015 to the draft renewal of the CCNL of the Rubber – Plastic sector, expiring on 31 December 2015, which will be submitted to workers for approval by 1 February 2016. The various points of the agreement include (i) an average increase of Euro 83; ....

With circular n. 22350 of 18 December 2015 the Ministry of Labour made some changes to the forms currently used in order to verify in a more thorough way the validity of resignations by working mothers and working fathers (but also agreed terminations), starting from 2016. This control confirms the desire to oppose the phenomenon ....