Transnational Employee Posting To Italy

Italian Legislative Decree 136/2016 aims to overcome difficulties in preventing and fighting social dumping practices, and inappropriate use of the institution of transnational posting.

Social dumping

A common expression in Italy, the term social dumping describes an employer practice whereby cheaper labour is used than what is usually available at their site of production and/or selling. This generally sees production moved to a low-wage country or area, and/or foreign workers employed with the aim of saving the employer money and potentially increasing his/her profit.

In effect since mid-2016, the Decree introduced a series of administrative tasks which include the obligation, as of 26 December 2016, to provide prior notice of a transnational employee posting under the responsibility of the foreign service provider, for staff working in Italy.