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In Judgment no. 2600 of 2 February 2018, the Court of Cassation reiterated that if the signatory parties to a second-level collective agreement have not expressly provided for the need to serve written notices for termination purposes, the employer’s verbal withdrawal can be considered valid. The case at hand concerned a collective agreement – which ....

In Judgment no. 1712/2017, the Milan Court of Appeal has dealt with the issue of the omission by the employer of the annual objectives linked to the payment of a bonus. In this case, in the Court’s opinion, the employee claiming payment of the bonus is encumbered with the burden of “… producing and proving ....

In regard to collective dismissals occurred in the “January 2018” pay period, the employers are subject to payment, by next March 16th, of the “first” dismissal bonus increase. Given that the NASPI (Social Insurance for Employment) monthly limit in 2018 is equal to Euro 1,208.15 for each twelve months of employment seniority, the contribution to ....

In Circular Letter no. 5 of 19 February 2018, the National Labour Inspectorate provided further operating provisions on the “new” Article 4, Workers’ Statute. In particular, the Inspectorate specified that, due to actual reasons of control, a video surveillance system may also monitor the workers without any limitations as to the camera angle, the blacking ....

With judgement of the Court of Cassation No. 1574 dated January 23 2018, the liability according to article 2049 of the Civil Code regarding accidents in the workplace has been confirmed to fall on the transferee company with consequent reimbursement of damages, given that it is the entity that undertook direction and control of the ....