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10 May 2012

THE SPONTANEOUS COMPLAINT AVOIDS THE SANCTION (SO CALLED “MAXISANZIONE”) (Italia Oggi, 8 May 2012, page 36)

The Labor Ministry, with the note no. 5509/2012, intervened in the conflict against work for which no earnings are declared (so called “black work”) – whom discipline has been recently modified by the Law no. 83/2010 – specifying that the spontaneous complaint of the employment relationship may avoid the related sanctions. It is enough the sole obligatory communication, sent 24 hours before the inspection, to avoid the mentioned sanction (so called “maxisanzione”) included between 1.500 and 12.000 euro for each irregular employee, besides further sanctions.
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