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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 ....

On 18 November 2022, Italian Decree-law No 176/2022 (the ‘Aiuti–quater [LT1] Decree’) containing additional measures to support the energy sector and relating to employment and public finance, was published in the Italian Official Gazette. With reference to the new initiatives in the employment sphere, the Aiuti-quater Decree provided for a further increase in the tax and ....

Legislative Decree no. 149, of 10 October 2022, by inserting Article 2-ter to the Decree Law no. 132, of 12 September 2014, introduced assisted negotiation in labour disputes under Art. 409 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The provision allows the parties (employer/client and employee) to resort to assisted negotiation, with the help of a ....

Law no. 142, of 21 September 2022,  converting decree law no. 115 of 9 August 2022, (“Aiuti-bis” decree) on “Urgent measures on energy, water emergency, social and industrial policies” was published in the Official Gazette no. 221 of 21 September 2022. The law introduced important changes on remote working. The use of simplified remote working, ....

Legislative Decree of 30 June 2022 no. 105, implementing the “Directive (EU) 2019/1158 on work-life balance for parents and caregivers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU” has been in force since 13 August. The measure stated that working fathers are entitled to leave, from two months before the presumed date of birth and within five months ....