Extension of the national emergency status and further measures to contain the epidemic

More than a week after its approval, Decree Law No. 221/2021 was published in Gazzetta Ufficiale No. 305 of December 24, 2021, by which the Government ordered the extension of the national state of emergency. The same decree adopted further measures to contain the spread of the epidemic.

The Decree came into force on December 25.

Below is a brief overview of some of the most relevant measures for employers, as amended by the Decree in question.

For a detailed overview of the provision, please refer to the following link.

AGILE WORK

Decree Law No. 221/21 extends the possibility of using the simplified procedure for sending agile work communications until March 31, 2022, and for private employers, to use this method for any subordinate employment relationship, even in the absence of individual agreements.

At the same time, the protections for so-called vulnerable workers are extended until 28/02/2022 (see Article 26, paragraph 2bis, Decree Law 18/2020).

N.B.: Decree Law 221/21 establishes that, within 30 days of its publication, by Decree of the Minister of Health, in agreement with the Ministers of Labor and Social Policies and Public Administration, "chronic pathologies with poor clinical compensation and with particular connotation of severity are identified, in the presence of which, until February 28, 2022, the work performance is normally carried out, according to the discipline defined in the collective agreements, where present, in agile mode, also through assignment to a different task included in the same category or area of classification, as defined by the current contracts, and specific professional training activities are carried out remotely".

Furthermore, the obligation of health surveillance remains for workers at greater risk of infection for whom the company doctor (or Inail through its doctors) can ascertain unsuitability for the job.

PARENTAL LEAVE - so-called SARS COV-2 PARENTAL LEAVE

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