News Flash No. 14/2025 The National Labor Inspectorate, in its memorandum No. 616/2025, has clarified that it is not lawful to include monthly severance pay installments in paychecks, except in the cases provided for by law. In particular, it is emphasized that the legislation that introduced the so-called “QUIR” (supplementary pay component, introduced in 2015 through a mechanism that allowed workers in the pr

News . 30/2024 Construction sites are among the most dangerous workplaces, where serious—and sometimes fatal—accidents occur every year. To improve safety for workers and all professionals involved in construction sites, the government has issued a Decree (DL 19/2024) establishing that certain new requirements to enhance worker safety will take effect on October 1, 2024: among these is a points-based system for construction sites. Specifically,

News Flash No. 14/2024 The Equal Opportunity Code, which entered into force in 2006, requires public and private companies with more than fifty employees to prepare a report on the gender-based employment situation every two years. This requirement is optional for companies that do not meet the aforementioned employment threshold. For the current two-year period 2022–2023, the deadline is April 30, 2024. See

News . 33/2022 Legislative Decree No. 104 of June 27, 2022, was published in Gazzetta No. 176 of July 29, 2022 (the so-called Transparency Decree), implementing Directive (EU) 2019/1152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 20, 2019, on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union. EU Directive 2019/1152, in essence, replaces and repeals Directive 91/533/EEC, which governed the obligation on the part of the

News 31/2022 The National Labor Inspectorate, in Note No. 1451 dated July 11, 2022, has issued clarifications regarding the regulations applicable to extracurricular internships that began before and continued after the entry into force of Budget Law No. 234 of December 30, 2021, providing explanations regarding the applicable penalties, as well as any potential contribution recoveries arising from internships conducted in a “fraudulent” manner. As previously announced in our

News 19/2022 In Note No. 856 dated April 19, 2022, the National Labor Inspectorate issued an updated guide on the application of penalties for undeclared work, outlining the scope of application, amounts, penalties, cases of exemption, formal notices to regularize employment, and certain types of illegal work. The guide provides clarifications, among other things, regarding: a) Services rendered through the family workbook; b) Collaboration

News Flash No. 16/2022: The Interministerial Decree signed by the Minister of Labor in consultation with the Minister for Equal Opportunity has established new requirements for public and private companies with more than 50 employees. Companies must submit the report exclusively online, using the dedicated portal of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policies, accessible at the following address: https://servizi.lavoro.gov

News 2/2022 Subject: Mandatory reporting to the Regional Labor Inspectorate of occasional self-employment relationships and details on the data to be reported by January 18 Article 13 of Decree-Law No. 146/2021, converted into Law No. 215/2021, has made it mandatory to provide prior notification to the Inspectorate regarding occasional self-employed workers, in order to carry out monitoring activities and combat forms of circumvention in the employment of such

Subject: Operational guidelines regarding the amendment to the rules on grounds for fixed-term contracts introduced by the Sostegni-bis Decree On September 14, 2021, the National Labor Inspectorate issued operational guidelines regarding the amendment—introduced by Decree No. 73/2021, converted with modifications into Law No. 106/2021 (the so-called Sostegni-bis), regarding the rules on grounds for fixed-term contracts. We remind you that this Decree has the

On the night of July 29–30, 2020, the Council of Ministers approved a state of emergency to combat and contain the epidemiological risk posed by COVID-19 through October 15, 2020. Among the various measures that will consequently be adopted and/or extended is remote work, that is, the practice of performing work activities outside the employer’s premises. Since the Prime Ministerial Decree of February 25, our legislature had permitted