Insights

The Ministries of Labour and Economy, with interministerial decree, have allocated approx EUR 230 million for the hiring of young workers and of any-age women up to March 31, 2013. In particular, the incentive will be recognized for contracts with young employees up to 29 years-old or women, without age distinction, within a limit for each employer.

INAIL, with letter No. 48/2012, has established that the employer has to request the opening of a separate territorial insurance position for the regularized employees through a complaint of variation (if he already has an INAIL company code) or a complaint of registration (if he is not enrolled at INAIL).

The Ministry of Labour, with note No. 12728/2012, has postponed, up to a date to be determined, the possibility to send by fax or email the communications regarding the job on call contracts to the Local Authorities called “Direzioni Territoriali del Lavoro”.

The so called “Pacchetto Semplificazioni” - drafted by the Government and under the exam of the next Council of Ministers – provides a reduction of the working ability (46% rather than the current 60%) as a consequence of an accident or illness at work requested to the employee in order to be included in the number of disabled employees who have to be mandatorily hired (Law No. 68/99).

The procedure for the regularization of the non-EU employees - which began on September 15, 2012 - needs many explanations yet.

The deadline for delivering the request for excluding the application of the pension reform approved by the Decree so called “Salva Italia” (Law Decree No. 201/2011, converted into Law No. 214/2011) to the territorial Authority of the Ministry of Labour (so called “DTL”) is November 21, 2012.

The Ministry of Labour, in the note no. 12065/2012 has clarified that not to show the employment documents is just an obstacle and not an impediment for the vigilance activity and for this reason such behavior can be sanctioned according to Law no. 638/1983 with an administrative (and not criminal) sanction ranging between Euro 1,290.00 and 12,910.00 and with arrest up to two months or with a fine up to Euro 516.

The Government has maintained its commitment to correct the labor market reform passed at the end of June (which entered into force on July 18, 2012) and, with the Law No. 134/2012 which turns the so called “Development Decree” into law, definitively approved by Parliament on 3 August and published in the ordinary supplement No. 171 to the Official Gazette No. 187 of 11 August, has made 12 modifications to the L. No. 92/2012.