Smart Working and Workplace Safety: New Obligations and Penalties from April 7, 2026.
On April 7, 2026, Law No. 34 of March 11, 2026, known as the “Annual Law on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises,” came into force. It was published in the Official Journal No. 68 of March 23, 2026. The law introduced, in Article 11, an obligation that was essentially already provided for in Article 22 of Law No. 81/2017 (which regulates smart working), but which did not carry any sanctioning force.