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ARTICLE · 17 JULY 2008

Employment and Labour Summer Reforms

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The Italian government recently approved two significant pieces of legislation – Decree-Laws 93/2008 and 112/2008 – which affect numerous aspects of employment and labour law, annulling certain provisions introduced by the previous government and introducing new regulations.

ItalyEmployment and HR
Andrea Gangemi
Andrea Gangemi
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The Italian government recently approved two significant pieces of legislation – Decree-Laws 93/2008 and 112/2008 – which affect numerous aspects of employment and labour law, annulling certain provisions introduced by the previous government and introducing new regulations.

Working Time

The decree-laws introduced changes to working time which particularly affect overtime and night work as follows:

  • Decree-Law 93/2008 provides that for a trial period of six months from July 1 2008, overtime pay earned by employees on an annual salary of EUR30,000 or less is subject to a lower tax rate of 10%.

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