Among the provisions issued to reduce the spread of COVID-19 emergency, the Italian legislator extended the protections guaranteed by the National Agency for Insurance against the Risk of Injuries at Work (INAIL) to those employees who contracted the COVID-19 virus - or have been under mandatory quarantine or fiduciary homestay - “in occasion of work” (i.e. during theexecution of the working activity or while going from home to the workplace and vice-versa: see article 42 of Legislative Decree no. 18 of 17th March 2020 and INAIL circular no. 13 of 3rd April

2020).