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The Italian Budget Law 2023 (Italian Law No 197/2022) was published in the Official Journal (Gazzetta Ufficiale) on 29 December 2022 and comes into force on 1 January 2023 and introduces the following important initiatives in the employment law field. Agile working: as of 1 January 2023, the categories of workers with the right to ....

With the press release of 28 November, the Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy publicised the ministerial decree of 20 October 2022 which defines the criteria and procedures for granting the tax exemption for private employers who obtain the certification of gender equality introduced into our legal system by Italian Law No 162/2021.   This ....

In a press release dated 9 December 2022, the Italian Council of Ministers announced the approval of the draft Italian legislative decree transposing Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law. The new legislation extends the obligation to establish reporting channels to all private sector companies with more than ....

In the event of repeated absences – which have not exceeded the limit of the protected period – the onus is on the employer to prove the additional reasons justifying the dismissal. Dismissal based on an employee’s repeated absences from the workplace on days close to rest days and/or public holidays constitutes an unfair and ....

The Reform of the Civil Proceedings, (Italian Legislative Decree No 149 of 10 October 2022) will extend, with effect from 30 June 2023, the ‘assisted negotiation’ procedure to employment disputes. From that date the employer and employee, if assisted by lawyers or employment consultants, will be able to sign final and non-appealable conciliation minutes (in ....