A myth shared by many multinational employers holds Italy as a quite difficult jurisdiction to be an employer. As often happens, the myth has some true facts behind it. Italian employment law is an elaborate body of law, and some of its provisions are not immediately intuitive for a foreign investor.

An employment law insider, however, with long experience in dealing with those provisions, can explain their rationale and how they work in practice. If you know which direction you should take, how to move, and when to get prepared, a way to reach your goals can be found. As a matter of fact, you may even find out that solutions are easier than what you have experienced in other jurisdictions.

Join Uberto Percivalle, who heads the Italian Employment Practice of Baker & McKenzie, for a discussion on the most important things to do (the do’s and dont’s) either when you are hiring employees for the first time in Italy, or when you are for the first time taking responsibility for Italian HR matters. Experienced HRs may also greatly benefit of this webinar, either because they face certain employment issue for the first time, or because they will be able to see things in a different perspective.

This webinar will touch upon the following topics:

• How to start hiring in Italy (drafting of an employment contract and related matters)
• National Collective Agreements (what they are and their practical relevance)
• Classification of Employees (categories of employees under Italian law and collective agreements)
• Peculiarities of remuneration under Italian law (Monthly Wages in Addition to Twelve Calendar Ones; T.F.R.; Wage increases under the Collective Agreements)
• Payroll Services and Compliance with Social Security Obligations
• Use of the English language
• Data Processing Laws
• Fixed term and part-time
• Covenants not to compete
• The Role of Unions
• Managing Employment Relationships
• Disciplinary procedures
• Remote Monitoring of Employees (videosurveillance equipment, internet and emails)
• Working Hours, Public Holidays, Annual Leave
• Occupational Safety
• Mandatory Placement of Disabled Employees
• Variable Remuneration (again!)
• Termination
•  “Giusta causa”, “giustificato motivo”
• Headcount relevance
• Collective dismissals

Uberto Percivalle, Employment Law Partner, Baker & McKenzie

Uberto Percivalle is an Employment Law partner in our Italian offices (he is based in Milan and assists clients also from our Rome office. Uberto Percivalle provides general employment advice and assists clients with matters concerning employment issues of mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations and collective dismissals, compensation & employee benefits, pension funds, executive mobility, occupational safety, breach of loyalty by directors and managers. He has also extensive experience in commercial agency and management of relationships with commercial agents. Recent transactions, due to the economic climate, include restructuring of business organizations in various industries. Uberto Percivalle is a member of the Italian Employment Lawyers Association, the Italian chapter of the IIRA International Industrial Relations Association, the Italian Human Resources Society, the National Employment Law Research Center “Domenico Napoletano”, the Society for Human Resource Management.