Update on Employment and Social Security - May 2026

The decree implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive introduces a comprehensive framework affecting the entire employment relationship. New rules cover salary disclosure in job advertisements, a ban on requesting salary history, employees' access to pay-setting criteria and average pay information, restrictions on pay secrecy clauses and new gender pay gap reporting obligations for larger employers. Companies will need to review recruitment practices, remuneration policies and internal evaluation systems.

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IPG, Cristiano Cigagna, Eugenia Gargale, Maria Cristina Catalano, Stefano Martis

IPG Journal

13/07/2026

GLOBAL MINIMUM TAX – PILLAR 2 - New guidelines by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance

The Italian MEF clarifies when centralised GIR filing is valid under the Global Minimum Tax – Pillar 2 and the obligations for Italian entities if the data are not exchanged by 31 December 2026. GLOBAL MINIMUM TAX – PILLAR 2 - New guidelines by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance

01/07/2026

Update on Employment and Social Security - June 2026

The June update examines the latest developments in employment and social security law, focusing on pay transparency, artificial intelligence in employment, the Labour Decree, paid annual leave, caregivers and night work, supplementary pensions and recent Italian Supreme Court case law. Update on Employment and Social Security - June 2026

10/06/2026

Pay transparency: immediate obligations and new deadlines for companies inviata

Analysis of the new rules introduced by the Legislative Decree implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, focusing on employer obligations, employee rights and gender pay gap reporting. Pay transparency: immediate obligations and new deadlines for companies inviata

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