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The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 11027 dated 5 May 2017, ruled once again on the subject matter of disciplinary dismissal. In the judgement under review, the Court, recalling previous cases, reconfirmed that the Judge cannot expand the list of just causes or justified reasons for dismissal beyond what is established by the independence ....

The Court of appeal of Milan, with judgement No. 890 dated 6 April 2017, ruled once again on the maximum number of sickness absence days whenever it is expressed in months and the CCNL (Collective bargaining agreement) of the sector in question does not specifically govern the calculation procedure. In the specific case, a worker ....

Unless otherwise established in the collective bargaining agreements, no more than 20% of employees out of the total number of open term employees can be hired under a fixed-term agreement effective from 1 June of the hiring year. Exceeding this quota leads to an administrative fine of: (i) 20% of the salary paid, for each ....

With the final approval of the so called Self-employment Jobs Act – currently pending publication in the Official Gazette – a reform of the Italian laws has been introduced with the goal of providing financial-social protection to self-employed individuals that do not carry out their activity through a business. From a financial protection standpoint, the ....

With the main goal of balancing private life and work, DDL 2233-B has been approved in its final version, which, in fact, governs the so-called remote work, that is the type of work performed outside of the employer’s premises and without specific requirements in terms of working hours. The intrinsic characteristics of remote work clearly ....