Hélène Martinelli

In a circular dated 20 March 2023 the INPS (National Institute for Social Security) pension institute indicates it is opening eligibility for unemployment insurance (NASpI) to new fathers who have...

An employee who publicly insults a colleague using homophobic language is liable to dismissal for disciplinary reasons, Italy's highest court has ruled. In a judgment handed down on 9 March, the...

After both the preliminary adoption in Italy’s Council of Ministers on 09 December 2022, and the opinion of Parliament, the decree-law of 10 March 2023 definitively transposes the European...

A new collective agreement has been signed in Italy's rubber and plastic sector, covering around 150,000 workers at more than 5,000 companies, including multinationals such as Pirelli, Michelin...

This company agreement between the Stellantis Group (2021 PSA-FCA merger) and the main Italian trade unions provides for a salary increase of more than 11% over 2 years and stronger social...

One woman in five quits her job after the birth of a child, according to a report by the INAPP (National Institute for Public Policy Analysis), and according to the INPS (main component of the...

Staff at the insurance business of Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo will be able to work a four-day week, structured as nine hours per day and at the same level of pay, under an agreement...

The ‘right to smart working’ instituted during the Covid-19 pandemic for certain categories of workers has once again been extended. According to law 14/2023 published in the Official...

Enel, the Italian state-controlled energy group, has signed two agreements in quick succession with the Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl and Uiltec trade unions. The first of those deals, applicable at...

The Italian national labour inspectorate (Ispettorato Nazionale del Lavoro, INL) has provided details on how the decree-law transposing the European directive 2019/1158 on work-life balance, in...

The ‘Noi’ (Us) protocol signed by the multinational oil group and the trade unions puts new initiatives in place linked to employee well-being and health, parenthood and purchasing power support...

Despite a breakdown in negotiations with the trade unions, Italy's largest bank and largest private sector employer (74,000 employees) has decided to offer some of its employees the opportunity to...