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“These are very hectic days for the companies and agencies offering staff leasing due to the effects of the new fixed-term contracts rules. This risks to trigger a surge of contract extensions and renewals before the new rules enter into force, even if no one has seen the final text of the decree yet.” Vittorio ....

As established by the Budget Law 2018 (Law No. 205/17), effective 1st July, employers and private clients will have to pay to their workers wages/remunerations and any advance through traceable means. It will no longer be possible to pay by cash and this independently of the type of work relationship established. The law is clearly ....

From 1st July 2018, employers and principals are obliged to pay remuneration, compensation and any related advance payment, through traceable means of payment, i.e. bank transfer with IBAN code indicated by the worker, electronic payment instruments, payment in cash at banks or post offices where the employer/principal has opened a treasury account with a mandate ....

With its judgment No. 13266 of 28 May 2018, the Court of Cassation has declared the lawfulness of a disciplinary dismissal served on an employee for having used the company computer during working time for non-working purposes. In the case at issue, the employer had commenced a retrospective investigation – following the reporting of the ....

With its judgment No. 14527 of 6 June 2018, the Court of Cassation has quashed the decision of the Court of Appeal having territorial jurisdiction which, by reversing the decision of the first instance judge, had declared the unlawfulness of the dismissal for cause served on five employees who had staged the suicide and the ....