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Below is an update on the most relevant employment law measures adopted after the Decree of March 22, 2021, no. 41 (the so-called “Sostegni Decree”) within the framework of the COVID-19 emergency legislation and the on-going vaccination campaign. Before entering into the details of the new measures, we intend to provide a clarification regarding our previous publication of March 23, 20211 , with particular reference to the interpretation of the extension of the dismissal ban in certain sectors for the period from July 1 until October 31, 2021, pursuant to article 8, paragraph 9, of the Sostegni Decree...

Following the extension of the state of emergency until April 30, 2021 and the issuance of further pieces of legislation in connection with the COVID-19 emergency, including the recent Decree of March 13, 2021, no. 30 (that introduced, among others, new parental leaves and baby-sitting vouchers), the so-called “Sostegni Decree” has been just issued (Decree of March 22, 2021, no. 41, in force from March 23, 2021) . Below are some relevant measures regarding private employment relationships introduced by the Sostegni Decree...

By resolution adopted on October 7, 2020, the state of emergency has been extended until January 31, 2021...

1. Introduction Pursuant to Law no. 40 of 5 June 2020, published in the Official Gazzette no. 143 of 6 June 2020 (the “Conversion Law”), Law Decree no. 23 of 8 April 2020 (the “Liquidity Decree”) was converted into law with amendments. Below is a summary of the key amendments made to Chapter II (Urgent Provisions to Ensure Going Concern) by the Conversion Law. 2. Six months postponement of the deadlines to comply with crisis settlement agreements (accordi di composizione della crisi) and approved consumer plans (piani del consumatore omologati). Submission of a recovery plan pursuant to Art...

After the start of Phase 2 (which began on 4 May 2020) the Italian government adopted on 16 May Law Decree no. 33 concerning, inter alia, "Further urgent measures to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak" (the "DL 16 May 2020"). Moreover, on 17 May 2020, in implementation of the aforementioned DL 16 May 2020, the Prime Minister issued a new decree with specific implementing provisions (the "PMD 17 May 2020"). With these new decrees, which further ease the lockdown restrictions previously adopted, Italy has definitively entered into the so-called "phase two". The new measures under the DL 16 May 2020 and the PMD 17 May will apply from 18 May 2020 onwards. 1...