COVID-19: SIMPLIFIED SMART WORKING PROCEDURE EXTENDED TO 31 JULY 2021

Decree Law no. 52 of 22 April 2021 (the so-called Reopening Decree) has been published in the Official Gazette. The decree contains “Urgent measures for the gradual recovery of economic and social activities in compliance with the need to contain the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic“.

The measure extends the state of emergency to 31 July 2021 (Article 10, paragraph 1) and the related terms as expressly indicated in Annex 2 to the Decree (Article 11).

In particular, the deadline for the use of the simplified smart working communication procedure set out in Article 90, paragraphs 3 and 4, of Decree-Law no. 34 of 19 May 2020, converted with amendments into Law no. 77 of 17 July 2020, is extended to 31 July 2021.

For more details, see the Decree (in Italian): DL-52-del-22042021-con-allegati

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