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Coronavirus: Your workplace questions

Steve Bridger

At this difficult time, we'd like to offer people managers (and others) who are not CIPD Members an opportunity to ask questions about their specific workplace challenges.

We hope that collectively, the Community will feel able to chip in with guidance and signpost support and resources where these exist.

Thank you. 

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  • We have an Italian national currently working for one of our group companies. In the pandemic she has been working form home, as have all our employees, and during this time she headed back to Italy so that she was close to her family. It now appears that she is wanting to remain in Italy for the long term, which we do not have a specific issue with - however this does complicate the nature of the contractual and tax relationship. Has anyone else experienced something similar, or know of how best to approach this especially with January1st 2021 approaching!?
  • in reply to Cj Harrison
    Hi CJ. The tax year in Italy ends in December. If your employee spends more than 183 days of a tax year as a tax resident in their home country, they will be liable for income taxes in Italy and not the UK. Taxes in Italy are higher than UK. So your decision is to terminate the contract as she wants to work outside the UK and not return to her workplace, or to employ her on an Italian contract as a home worker in the long term. Brexit is not relevant here.
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  • in reply to Cj Harrison
    Hi CJ. The tax year in Italy ends in December. If your employee spends more than 183 days of a tax year as a tax resident in their home country, they will be liable for income taxes in Italy and not the UK. Taxes in Italy are higher than UK. So your decision is to terminate the contract as she wants to work outside the UK and not return to her workplace, or to employ her on an Italian contract as a home worker in the long term. Brexit is not relevant here.
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