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Increase in Minimum Wages Under the National Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Metalworking Industry – Confapi
News Flash No. 22/2024 On June 11, 2024, UNIONMECCANICA—with the assistance of CONFAPI—and FIM-CISL, FIOM-CGIL, UILM-UIL, signed the National Collective Bargaining Agreement (CCNL) applicable to workers employed in the small and medium-sized metalworking, jewelry, and Unionmeccanica Confapi plant installation industries. Among other things, new minimum wage standards were established, effective June 1, 2024, following ISTAT’s announcement of the value
June 28, 2024Reading time: 1 min
National Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Metalworking Industry – New Minimum Wages
News Flash No. 21/2024 On June 11, 2024, the social partners—Federmeccanica, Assistal and Fim, Fiom and Uilm, signed a memorandum of understanding supplementing the National Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Metalworking Industry, in order to adjust the minimum wage scales by level, effective June 1, 2024, following the official announcement of the percentage value of the IPCA-NEI index (excluding major energy costs) calculated for 2023. The officially confirmed IPCA-NEI index stands at 6.9%, for
June 24, 2024Reading time: 2 min
Employment Promotion in Decree-Law No. 60/24
News No. 20/2024 Decree-Law No. 60 of May 7, 2024, published in the Official Gazzetta No. 105/2024 on May 7 and effective as of the following day, established important urgent provisions regarding cohesion policies. The measure aims to implement the reform of cohesion policy as part of the revision of the PNRR (National Recovery and Resilience Plan), in order to strengthen the implementation of interventions
June 11, 2024Reading time: 6 min
Notices Regarding the Pre-Filled Income Tax Return and Rejections of Form 730-4
News No. 19/2024 Regarding pre-filled tax returns, here are this year’s key changes: With the new pre-filled Form 730, taxpayers can be guided through the process all the way to submitting their return using a more intuitive and user-friendly interface. Therefore, as an alternative to the standard filing process, taxpayers can use a guided and simplified process this year; another new feature is the ability to receive refunds directly from Form 730
June 3, 2024Reading time: 5 min
New Contribution System for the Discontinuity Allowance for Entertainment Industry Workers
News No.18/2024 In order to provide financial support to workers in the entertainment sector, taking into account the specific nature of the work performed by workers in this sector and its structurally intermittent nature, the legislature has provided for the granting, effective January 1, 2024, of an intermittent work allowance (known as IDIS) as a permanent and structural measure for workers in this sector. This allowance is included in
May 24, 2024Reading time: 5 min
Administrative and Operational Guidelines for an Additional Month of Extended Parental Leave
News No. 17/2024 The INPS, in its Circular No. 57 of April 18, 2024 ( News ), provided administrative and operational instructions regarding the additional month of parental leave paid at 60% of salary (for the year 2024 only, at 80% of pay), a measure introduced by the 2024 Budget Law (Law No. 213/2023) and applicable only to employees who complete their mandatory maternity or paternity leave after
May 2, 2024Reading time: 4 min
Extension of the 2022–2023 Biennial Equal Opportunity Report
News Flash No. 16/2024 The Ministry of Labor and Social Policies has announced that the electronic form for public and private companies with more than 50 employees to prepare the biennial report on the status of male and female employees will be available for completion on the Ministry of Labor and Social Policies’ website starting June 3, 2024. The reason for postponing the effective date from which s
April 23, 2024Reading time: 1 min
Renewal of the National Collective Bargaining Agreement for Companies in the Tertiary, Distribution, and Services Sectors - Confcommercio
News No. 15/2024 The labor unions Filcams-CGIL, Fisascat-CISL, and UilTuCS, along with Confcommercio-Imprese per l’Italia, on the...
April 4, 2024Reading time: 12 min
Biennial Report on Equal Opportunity
News Flash No. 14/2024 The Equal Opportunity Code, which took effect 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 remains optional, however, for companies that do not meet the aforementioned employment threshold. For the current two-year period of 2022–2023, the deadline for compliance is April 30, 2024. See
March 30, 2024Reading time: 2 min
End of the Extension for Subsidized Remote Work
News Flash No. 13/2024 March 31 marks the deadline set by Conversion Law No. 191/2023 of Decree-Law No. 145/2023 (the so-called “Advance Payments” Decree), by which the right to work remotely is guaranteed for private-sector employees who are parents of children under 14 and for vulnerable workers. In order to work remotely starting April 1, 2024, it will be necessary to enter into an individual agreement between the employer
March 26, 2024Reading time: 1 min
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