Mandatory placement of disabled people Italian Law 68/99 including complaints, conventions and exemptions

Italian Law No. 68/1999 named ‘Regulations for the right of disabled persons to work’ introduced the concept of targeted (or mandatory) work placement, i.e., the set of rules and measures aimed at ensuring that disabled people are actually integrated into the workplace. In particular, employers who employ at least fifteen employees are required to have a certain number of disabled workers on their payroll, in proportion to the size of the company.

In cases of non-compliance, the provisions of Article 15 of Italian Law No. 68/1999 apply, in particular the administrative penalty currently amounting to EUR 196.05 applies for each unrecruited worker and for each working day that elapses from the date on which the recruitment obligation arises.

The relevant employers must submit to the competent offices – by January 31 of each year – a report on their employment situation. This submission is mandatory only in cases in which changes in employment have been identified that affect the mandatory recruitment obligations.

A special public list is filed at the competent territorial offices in which people who are recognized as being disabled are registered. In the employer is obligated to recruit, he/she may apply to the aforementioned offices, which will identify the person to be placed on the basis of a ranking list.