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On 15 October 2015 the Council of Ministers approved the draft law concerning the financial maneuver expected for the year 2016 (so-called stability law). The text effects employment policy (i) confirming tax breaks for new hirings with open end contract, even if the benefit will only be for two years, with annual ceiling halved, which ....

The Legislative Decree containing the provisions regarding employment and equal opportunity, published in the Official Gazette 23 September 2015 that became effective on 24 September, has rewritten art. 4 of the Workers’ Statute regarding remote controls. Specifically, employers have been given the possibility to collect information (i) from instruments used by workers to perform their ....

The first phase of the implementation of Jobs act is drawing to a close with the publication of the remaining 4 legislative decrees on 23 September 2015 in Italy’s Official Gazette. It started 6 months ago with the contract with increased protection based on seniority. Phase two is set to begin where the Ministry of ....

As this newsletter was being prepared, the final four implementing decrees of the Jobs Act were approved. Specifically, the national agency for active policies (Anpal) and sole watchdog agency will debut, and individual unemployment checks will become effective as well new rules on remote controls on employees and on social shock absorbers.

As of 25 June 2015, the date when the Law on overhaul of contracts became effective, it is no longer possible to stipulate project-related contracts, while contracts currently in progress will remain in place until their natural expiration. Thus the spotlight has returned to long term consultant contracts “without a project”.