Gender equality: pay attention to the deadlines for the biennial report and social security contributions’ exemption

Gender equality: pay attention to the deadlines for the biennial report and social security contributions’ exemption

With a notice published on its website on 10 April, the Ministry of Labour announced that the deadline for submitting the 2022-2023 Biennial Report has been postponed from 30 April to 15 July 2024. We remind you that, pursuant to Article 46 of Italian Legislative Decree no. 198/2006, companies with more than 50 employees must draw up a report on the situation of male and female employees every two years and send it to the Ministry of Labour, the Works Councils, the Regional Equality Councillor and the President of the Council of Ministers Department of Equal Opportunities.

Immigration: rules for entry and residence for digital nomads and remote workers are enforceable

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On 4 April 2024, the Ministerial Decree of 29 February 2024 was published, implementing the so-called Sostegni ter Decree. After two years of waiting, the provision is now in force that allows the entry into Italy of foreign nationals who perform, either as freelancers or employees (even those working for a non-established company in Italy), highly qualified work using technological tools that enable them to work remotely. These persons are admitted to Italy regardless of the quotas established in the programming of entry flows for non-EU citizens for employment reasons.The Decree applies to freelancers (so-called digital nomads), and to employees and collaborators whose working modality is organised by the client (so-called hetero-organised workers).

Constitutional Court: the mere compensation remedy in collective redundancies is lawful

Corte costituzionale: legittima la tutela indennitaria nei licenziamenti collettivi

Italian employment law currently provides for two different regimes when it comes to remedies for violation of rules on selection criteria in collective redundancies: reinstatement for employees hired before March 7, 2015; and a financial compensation, ranging from 6 to 36 months of pay for employees hired since March 7, 2015. In Judgment No. 7 dated January 22, 2024, the provision of different sanctions for the same violation, depending only on the date of hire, has been deemed lawful by the Constitutional Court, as it appears not to violate the principle of equality.

“Mothers Bonus”. Social security contribution exemption for working mothers

Bonus Mamme L’esonero contributivo per le lavoratrici madri

The Budget Law for 2024 (Law 213/2023) introduced a social security contribution exemption for working mothers – called “Mothers Bonus” – with three or more children, employed with an open-ended contract, valid from 2024 to 2026. On an experimental basis, this exemption has been extended in 2024 to also include mothers of two children. On 31 January 2024, INPS published Circular 27 detailing the procedures for making the measure operative. Find out more on Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo