Additional urgent measures to contain and manage the COVID-19 epidemiological emergency
- Studio Piceci
- March 12, 2020
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Update: April 28, 2022
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Subject: Prime Ministerial Decree of March 11, 2020, containing additional measures for the containment and management of the COVID-19 epidemiological emergency throughout the national territory.
The new decree introduces additional measures to those provided for in the Prime Ministerial Decree of March 8, 2020, and the Prime Ministerial Decree of March 9, 2020 (see News – Week 3), with effect from March 12 to March 25. After this period, the measures supplemented by the decree will revert to the provisions of the two previous Prime Ministerial Decrees, until April 3, 2020.
Measures planned throughout the country:
With regard to production and professional activities, it is recommended that:
the maximum use by companies of agile working methods for activities that can be carried out remotely;
be incentivized paid vacations and leave for employees, as well as other tools provided for in collective bargaining agreements;
the activities of company departments that are not essential to production are suspended;
anti-contagion safety protocols are adopted and, where it is not possible to maintain a distance of one meter between people, personal protective equipment should be used;
sanitization operations in the workplace should be encouraged, including through the use of social safety nets; - for production activities only, it is also recommended that movement within sites be limited as much as possible and access to common areas be restricted;
In relation to the provisions concerning productive and professional activities, agreements between employers' organizations and trade unions are therefore encouraged and welcomed. agreements between employers' organizations and trade unions.
In the event that it is not possible to carry out work remotely, please note that travel is permitted for essential work reasons. To this end, it is recommended that you complete the self-declaration (employee side) and self-certification (employer side) forms in order to protect yourself from possible disputes and avoid delays during checks.
As regards the application of agile working, however, it will be necessary to complete the self-certification form relating to the application of agile working (which must be uploaded to the Ministry of Labor website in place of the agreement signed between the parties) and forward to the employee the information made available on the INAIL website together with the information on the application of agile working.