https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The mayor of the city of Venice has introduced a series of behavioural measures and a new dress code for the city's public sector staff. https://www.thelocal.it/20180919/venice-bans-morning-coffee-breaks-and-bermuda-shorts-for-city-employees Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:27:10 +0200 venice-bans-morning-coffee-breaks-and-bermuda-shorts-for-city-employees Hundreds of mostly African farm labourers downed tools and marched from fields in southern Italy chanting "we are not slaves" Wednesday, protesting conditions for tomato pickers after 16 migrant workers died in two road crashes. https://www.thelocal.it/20180808/farm-workers-protest-in-italy-after-migrant-crash-deaths Wed, 08 Aug 2018 16:26:00 +0200 farm-workers-protest-in-italy-after-migrant-crash-deaths Hopeful applicants from all over Italy have sent their CVs to the town council of San Remo in Liguria after dozens of staff were sacked amid an absenteeism scandal. https://www.thelocal.it/20160304/italy-coastal-town-bombarded-with-cvs-after-firing-shirking-workers Fri, 04 Mar 2016 17:24:06 +0100 italy-coastal-town-bombarded-with-cvs-after-firing-shirking-workers More than 30,000 elderly Italians have married their carers over the past 10 years over fears they will face their twilight years alone. https://www.thelocal.it/20160215/why-30000-italians-have-told-their-carers-i-do Mon, 15 Feb 2016 16:53:46 +0100 why-30000-italians-have-told-their-carers-i-do Seven people working for the town hall in the Sicilian town of Pachino have been charged with fraud amid a nation-wide crackdown on public sector time clock cheats. https://www.thelocal.it/20160125/italy-council-staff-shirked-work-to-go-shopping-and-hunting Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:49:55 +0100 italy-council-staff-shirked-work-to-go-shopping-and-hunting Italy is preparing to tighten the law against time clock cheats after a series of stings which found people clocking-in for friends and a traffic cop punching-in in his underpants. https://www.thelocal.it/20160119/time-up-for-public-sector-shirkers-as-italy-declares-crackdown Tue, 19 Jan 2016 09:18:03 +0100 time-up-for-public-sector-shirkers-as-italy-declares-crackdown Immigrants working in agriculture in southern Italy, who mainly come from Africa, face endemically poor living and working conditions despite pledges from the government to clean up the sector, an Italian medical charity said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151218/italys-migrant-workers-face-dire-conditions Fri, 18 Dec 2015 08:56:22 +0100 italys-migrant-workers-face-dire-conditions Prostitutes are known for their skimpy attire, usually provocative high heels and short skirts. But authorities of a town near Milan have told sex workers they must wear high-visibility vests so that motorists can see them at night. https://www.thelocal.it/20150820/sex-workers-must-wear-high-vis-vests-not-mini-skirts Thu, 20 Aug 2015 17:39:11 +0200 sex-workers-must-wear-high-vis-vests-not-mini-skirts Libyan security forces searching for four Italians kidnapped west of the capital this week have so far made no progress in finding them, an official said Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150724/no-progress-in-search-for-kidnapped-italians Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:24:19 +0200 no-progress-in-search-for-kidnapped-italians An Italian subcontractor working the expansion of Copenhagen's Metro system must pay 22 million kroner (€2.95 million) to compensate 200 underpaid workers, a Danish court ruled Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150310/italian-firm-must-pay-2m-to-underpaid-workers Tue, 10 Mar 2015 12:58:59 +0100 italian-firm-must-pay-2m-to-underpaid-workers Public sector workers across Italy are showing up to work more often, with absences down across the country, new government figures show. https://www.thelocal.it/20150202/italys-public-sector-puts-a-stop-to-sickies Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:36:00 +0100 italys-public-sector-puts-a-stop-to-sickies Two Italian aid workers abducted in northern Syria last summer arrived on Friday in Rome, where they were welcomed with "relief" a day after their release. https://www.thelocal.it/20150116/freed-italian-aid-workers-arrive-in-rome Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:55:00 +0100 freed-italian-aid-workers-arrive-in-rome Two Italian women aid workers abducted in Syria last summer have been released, the Italian government said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150115/italy-aid-workers-held-in-syria-freed Thu, 15 Jan 2015 20:47:00 +0100 italy-aid-workers-held-in-syria-freed More than 44,000 Italians registered to work in the UK last year, a jump of 66 percent on the previous year, figures released on Thursday show. https://www.thelocal.it/20140228/italian-workers-flock-to-uk-in-record-numbers Fri, 28 Feb 2014 17:05:00 +0100 italian-workers-flock-to-uk-in-record-numbers Millions of Italians in short-term jobs or those with sporadic contracts that offer few benefits could end up in poverty in old age, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in a report on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20131126/italys-temporary-workers-risk-poverty-in-old-age Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:01:00 +0100 italys-temporary-workers-risk-poverty-in-old-age Three health care workers have been put under house arrest after footage emerged of them abusing elderly people in their care, Italian media has reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20130709/care-home-workers-held-over-patient-abuse Tue, 09 Jul 2013 19:52:00 +0200 care-home-workers-held-over-patient-abuse