Workers who are nationals of an EU Member State (EC Regulation 1612/68)
There is no difference in treatment as regards access to the labour market for workers who are nationals of a Member State of the European Union.
Workers from non-EU countries
Workers who are not nationals of a European Union Member State and who have found paid employment in Italy are required, before moving to Italy, to be in possession of an entry visa for the purpose of working. To this end, the employer concerned must submit an employment applica-tion to the provincial labour office where the firm is located, providing details about the firm as well as about the worker to be recruited, the job offered, the legal and financial conditions of the employment contract as well as its duration.
Under the terms of a recent provision, in order to obtain authorisation, the employer must agree to guarantee the worker "availability of adequate accommodation".
The placement office can authorise the recruitment of the worker subject to checking the non-availability of Italian workers willing and able to fill the job offered.
The authorisation is sent to the foreign worker and constitutes a valid document to obtain the entry visa authorising employment in Italy.
The placement is carried out by the employment service once an employment record card (libretto di lavoro) has been issued by the competent labour inspectorate (these regulations do not apply to Swiss or San Marino nationals).
Refugees and stateless persons
The same regulations as for nationals from non-EU countries apply to political refugees and stateless persons with the difference that checking the non-availability of Italian workers who could fill the vacancy in question is limited to the province in which they have their residence.
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