On 3 July 2023, Law no. 85 of 2023 (hereinafter, also the "Law") was published in the Official Gazette, which, by converting Law Decree no. 48 of 4 May 2023 (the so-called "Labour Decree"), introduced several innovations in terms of income support measures for employees and revision of some provisions of particular interest for companies.
Among the main innovations we point out:
The Law under examination further modifies, albeit in a limited way, the discipline of the fixed-term employment agreements already amended by the Labour Decree, which, in essence, had redefined the reasons introduced by the so-called "Dignity Decree" and in the presence of which a fixed-term employment agreement with a duration of more than 12 months (and in any case not exceeding 24 months) can be stipulated. The Law, indeed, provides even greater flexibility to employers, with the new article 24, paragraph 1, letter b-bis establishing that, within the 12-month duration of fixed-term employment agreements, in addition to extensions, renewals can now also take place without reason. Even more significant are the amendments concerning the criteria for calculating the maximum duration of the 12 months in which the aforementioned freedom applies: indeed, the new text of article 24 establishes that only agreements entered into on or after 5 May 2023 shall be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the 12-month time limit, without regard to the...
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