On 8 December 2021, the Federal Social Court stated that an employee who falls on his way, from bed to the home office for the first time in the morning, is protected by the statutory accident insurance.
On 10 December 2021, the Parliament passed the “Law to strengthen vaccination prevention against Covid-19".
By 15 March 2022, employees in clinics, nursing homes, outpatient care services and similar facilities must present proof of being vaccinated or convalescent.
On 15 September 2021, Amazon Italia Logistics and the workers' unions signed an agreement, undertaking to comply with the rules of the Logistics, Freight and Forwarding national collective agreement (CCNL) as a regulatory instrument for employment and labour relations.
It is the first agreement on the system of industrial relations with the e-commerce giant.
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Law no. 125 of 16 September 2021, converting the Law Decree n. 103/2021, introduced a series of urgent provisions for job protection.
For 2021, ten million euros have been allocated to the activation of services for the professional outplacement of employees of companies that have been placed in bankruptcy proceedings, in extraordinary administration, or of workers who have been placed in redundancy fund for dismissal.
On 24 July, Law no. 106/2021 was published in the Official Gazette, turning into Law, with amendments, Decree Law no. 73(the so-called Support Decree-bis), which also includes the text of Decree Law no. 99 of 30 June 2021.
art. 41-bis, the legislator has made significant changes to the discipline of the fixed-term contract.
According to some Italian Court, the employer can suspend an employee from work and pay, based on the judgment, by the competent doctor, of her temporary unfitness due to refusal to undergo the vaccine Covid, or if the vaccinations she refused are an essential requirement for exercising the profession.
According to the Trento Labour Court, it is lawful to dismissal of an employee, who repeatedly refuses to wear a face mask in the workplace.
Violation of this law entails the transfer to another type of work or, if this is not possible, the suspension from tasks or duties that involve interpersonal contacts and the risk to spread the virus.