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Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 1497 March 2024

WEEKLY ITALIAN LABOUR UPDATES

"If a company agreement is signed, the variable remuneration connected to the goals of the employees is subject to a 5% reduced tax rate."

In this edition of Snacks, our bitesize weekly Italian employment law update, we look at the following recent cases and notices:
  • new rules to combat irregular or fraudulent service contracts;
  • timeframe for explaining fixed-term nature of a contract extended to end of the year;
  • employer not at fault if accident caused by safety officer;
  • no tax exemption for employer’s additional indemnity to Inps maternity allowance;
  • new Inps platform for access the ordinary salary support programme;
  • “carer” employee participation in protest not grounds for dismissal;
  • expanded list of work roles permitted in non-professional sports;
  • disciplinary dismissal for endangering working safety and hygiene;
  • notice period due even when salary support programme being used; and
  • employer liability covers “past holidays” and “reduced working hours”.