Remote working in Italy: new laws, obligations, and essential considerations
Italy was one of the first nations in the world to enter lockdown in March 2020 and one of the first to implement emergency remote working measures. Today large numbers of the workforce (including 40% of graduate workers) now work remotely or in a hybrid form. Since the worst days of the pandemic in 2020, […]
What does Italy’s Exclusive Transparency Decree Mean For Its Workers?
As per the transparency decree, Italian employers will have to provide more specific information to the employee at the time of employment. The decree came to be published on 29 July 2022 and amends the Legislative Decree No. 152/1997 also transposing the EU Directive 2019/1152, also known as the “Transparency Directive”. The new Transparency Decree […]
Here’s What You Need To Know About the Italian Pension System
Pensions are an essential aspect of social security as they help combat retirement insecurity by providing financial support for retirees. In Italy, the amount of money a person receives from their pension is based on how much they have contributed while working. All public or private sector workers must make regular contributions to a social […]
Hiring Remote Employees in Italy: What You Need to Know
While the onset of Covid-19 encouraged the culture of remote working, today, despite considerable subsidence of the infectious viral strain, many companies are interested in hiring remote employees. Their interest primarily stems from their decision to tap professional talent in areas beyond state lines to develop a distributed workforce. One region to benefit from the […]
No al regime impatriati per chi è stato distaccato al momento dell’assunzione
L’agenzia delle Entrate nella risposta ad interpello 119/2022 di ieri ha dichiarato che non basta il distacco all’estero contestuale alla prima assunzione per consentire al manager che rientra in Italia dopo molti anni di beneficiare del regime “impatriati”. Riportiamo di seguito parter della risposta e alleghiamo il documento dell’Agenzia delle Entrate. […] la Società istante […]
How to hire remote workers in Italy
There are a few options available when it comes to hiring a remote worker or a remote team in Italy. The first is of course to open an entity in Italy and start operating either as a branch of the foreigner company, or as an Italian company often in the form of SRL or Società […]
Posting workers to Italy
With the Ministerial decree n. 28 from 6 August 2021, Italy now requires companies posting workers to Italy to register themselves on CLICLAVORO portal at www.cliclavoro.gov.it and follow the new procedure. The Telematic communication must be transmitted, electronically, through the UNI_DISTACCO_UE form by midnight of the day preceding the beginning of the posting period. This […]
Independent Contractor vs Employee in Italy
How many times have you been wondering whether someone you have engaged with as a freelancer (or contractor) should be employed instead? Almost every day our clients reach out to us with this question as they are not sure if they can compliantly use a service provided by an independent contractor (IC) in Italy and […]
Paternity leave in Italy – Congedo di Paternità
Paternity leave (congedo di paternità in Italian) has been introduced (experimentally and only temporarily) in Italy with the so called “Fornero bill” (Legge Fornero) that granted 1 (one) day compulsory paid leave to be taken within five months of the child’s birth. Since then, the Italian legislator has extended this benefit and increased the number […]
Espandi il tuo business all’estero senza filiali
Le restrizioni che hanno accompagnato il dilagarsi del Covid-19 e della pandemia, hanno costretto sempre più aziende a concedere molta più flessibilità ai propri lavoratori impensabile fino a pochi mesi prima. All’inizio del secondo trimestre del 2020 abbiamo assistito ad una “migrazione di massa” di milioni di lavoratori in tutto il mondo dagli uffici al […]