1 For the 2015/2016 year: the maximum SG that an employer is legally required to contribute is the equivalent of 9.5% of a personâs salary up to a maximum salary of $50,810 per quarter ($203,240 a year). 2  The maximum quarterly SG payment works out to be $4,826.95 per quarter, that is, $19,307.80 for the year. For the 2013/2014 year: the maximum SG that an employer is legally required to contribute is the equivalent of 9.25% of a personâs salary up to a maximum salary of $48,040 per quarter ($192,160 a year).
The Italian Language. Italian is the official language of Italy, and 93% of population are native Italian speakers. Around 50% of population speak a regional dialect as mother tongue. Many dialects are mutually unintelligible and thus considered by linguists as separate languages, but are not officially recognised.
Among EU states, the percentage of people able to speak Italian well enough to have a conversation is 66% in Malta, 15% in Slovenia, 14% in Croatia, 8% in Austria, 5% in France and Luxembourg, and 4% in the former West Germany, Greece, Cyprus, and Romania.