Subject: Initial INPS Guidelines on the Exemption from Social Security Contributions for Companies That Do Not Apply for Layoff Benefits In a circular, INPS has provided initial guidelines on the applicability of the provisions of Article 3 of Decree No. 104/2020, issued last August. As previously announced in the earlier circular, the aforementioned Article 3 grants, to employers in the private sector—excluding the agricultural sector—

We are writing to inform you that the firm will be closed in August from August 13, 2020, through August 19, 2020, inclusive. To that end, we are attaching to this memo a paper form for reporting/notifying work-related accidents, along with the relevant instructions, and a form to be used for reporting new hires and terminations to the Employment Center. Finally, we are attaching a paper accident report/notification form for employees in the agricultural sector

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 outside the employer’s premises. Since the Prime Ministerial Decree of February 25, our legislature had permitted

News Weeks 2–3 of the Containment Measures Subject: Prime Ministerial Decree of March 11, 2020, containing Additional Measures Regarding the Containment and Management of the COVID-19 Epidemiological Emergency Throughout the Entire National Territory. The new decree introduces supplementary measures to those set forth in the Prime Ministerial Decree of March 8, 2020, and the Prime Ministerial Decree of March 9, 2020 (see News 1 – 3rd week), effective from March 12 through March 25. After this period, the measures supplemented by the decree will once again take effect

News Weeks 1–3 of the containment measures Subject: Prime Ministerial Decree of March 8, 2020, containing further implementing provisions of the Decree-Law of February 23, 2020, No. 6, containing urgent measures regarding the containment and management of the COVID-19 epidemiological emergency, and the Prime Ministerial Decree of March 9, 2020, containing further implementing provisions of Decree-Law No. 6 of February 23, 2020, containing urgent measures regarding the containment and management of the COVID-19 epidemiological emergency, applicable to