Employment Law Italy

09:00 - Registration and Coffee
09:30 - An overview of the employment law framework in Italy
· An introduction to Italian employment law: examining the civil law system and the social framework
· At a glance: what are the key differences to the situation in the UK?

10:00 - Getting started: recruiting staff and making employment contracts
· Getting to grips with key recruitment issues: non discrimination; asking personal questions; checking for criminal records; references
· Understanding the different types of employment contracts and related terms
· The way to flexibility: fixed term employment, consultancy contracts and staff agency.
· Key terms in employment contracts: job titles and levels; language; duration; trial periods; restrictive covenants; notice periods
· Salary, benefits and pensions schemes

11:15 - Coffee
11:30 -Collective bargaining and trade unions
· Appreciating the role of trade unions in Italy and how this impacts the workforce management
· Understanding the terms of collective bargaining agreements
· Company's bargaining agreements vs group policies
· Information and consultation duties

12:00 - An international "Intermezzo": sending personnel to Italy
· Seconding employees to Italy: how the employment terms and conditions may change
· Appointing foreign employees as directors of the Italian company: what a director must know
· Boundaries of their responsibilities under Civil, Criminal, Data Protection and Health and Safety law

12:45 - Lunch
13:45 - Day to day employee management, discipline and grievances
· Working time, leaves and shifts
· Employees' data protection rights
· Distance monitoring and internal investigations
· Poor performance management: the way to corrective action plans
· Key aspects of the disciplinary and grievance procedure

14:20 - Termination of employment
· Individual and collective dismissal procedure
· Pitfalls and risks connected to an unfair dismissal: general dismissal protection
· Notice periods, severance and termination indemnities, compromise agreements
· Employment tribunals and claims

15:00 - Coffee
15:15 - Discrimination law
· How does the legislation in Italy differ to the UK position
· Bullying and harassment

15:45 - What's on the horizon?
· Future developments in labour law
· Concerns for employers

16:15 - Questions and answers
16:30 - End of seminar