After being approved by the Italian Government, the Law Decree was signed by the President of Republic and published in the Italian Official Gazette (Law decree October 4, 2018, n. 113) on October 4, 2018.

Austrian service professionals have recently started to appear on the ProntoPro marketplace.

By means of legislative decree 11 May 2018, n. 71 (date of entry into force July 5, 2018) Italy has implemented Directive (EU) 2016/801 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects and au pairing.

Italy has a general legal framework to regulate and guidelines on the immigration process, within the legal framework, each immigration and labour office has wide discretionary powers.

If you are holding a valid study residence permit (permesso di soggiorno per studio), you can work in Italy for max. 20 hours per week, up to max.1040 hours per year.

By means of legislative decree 11 May 2018, n. 71 (date of entry into force July 5, 2018) Italy has implemented Directive (EU) 2016/801 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects and au pairing.

Danish shipping and logistics group DFDS – northern Europe's largest logistics company – has announced the acquisition of a 98.8 percent stake in Turkish freight shipping operator U.N. Ro-Ro – Turkey's largest operator of ro-ro (roll on/roll off) freight ships – from Turkish private equity companies Actera Group and Esas Holdings for EUR 950 million on a debt-free basis.

The government has set the maximum number of NON-EU sportsmen who can be registered by Italian Sports Clubs for the sports season 2018/2019.

The Italian Labour Inspectorate (Ispettorato Nazionale del Lavoro, INL) implement stricter rules on investigating transnational posting of workers.