OVERTIME
| ITALY |
| LAVORO STRAORDINARIO OVERTIME |
Work done over and above the limit of 48 hours per week or eight hours per day. Royal Decree-Law No. 692/1923 and Law No. 1029/1955, which apply in this case, permit it only if it is occasional or due to exceptional technical production requirements which cannot be met by taking on other workers, and on condition that it is authorized by the Labour Inspectorate . The employer must pay into a Special Unemployment Fund 15 per cent. of the total wages paid out for overtime, and pay the employee an overtime premium of not less than 10 per cent. of the rate for normal work. Collective bargaining lays down in detail the conditions for the use of overtime, fixing rates of pay higher than the overtime premium stipulated by law but also making overtime compulsory for employees. (See also extra hours , working hours , flexibility of working hours .)
Please note: the European industrial relations glossaries were compiled between 1991 and 2003 and are not updated. For current material see the European industrial relations dictionary.