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Autumn 2015 looks like it is going to be a hot one as negotiations are set to start for the renewal of 23 different national collective contracts. The renewal of the most important contracts includes the metalworking sector and chemical-pharmaceutical industry. The negotiations will take place in a context where important employment-related legal reforms have ....

The Commission for requests on occupational safety, with note no. 4/2015, in responding to a question from the Associazione nazionale costruttori edili (Ance), clarified that (i) the risk assessment document must contain the accurate identification of all of the risks connected with the work to perform, not being able to refer to the job abstractly assigned to the worker and (ii) training must be considered an integral part of the work organisation, correlated with the risk assessment, and as a consequence must be periodically review in relation to changes in risks or manifestation of new risks. The above entails that the training given to a worker must be tailored to the specific activities that the worker is asked to perform, whose specific risks must be adequately covered.

Green light: on 13 July 2015, in record time, an agreement was signed to renew the National Labour Contract for bank managers, expiring on 31 December 2018.