DLP Insights

On 13 April 2016, the Minister of Labour and Social Policies, in agreement with the Minister of the Economy and Finance, has signed the implementing decree sanctioning “subsidized” part-time work as introduced by the 2016 Stability Law, to promote the so-called “active aging”. The decree in question clarifies the methods for employers to notify to ....

Remote working will be officially recognized by Italian law once the Bill conveying “Measures for protecting non-entrepreneurial self-employment and measures designed to facilitate flexible working in terms of hours and place of employment”, currently being examined by the Senate Labour Commission, has gone through Parliament. The Bill in question does not aim to introduce a ....

On 12 March 2016, the new procedure came into force governing online resignation and termination by agreement, introduced by the Jobs Act. However, there are certain critical aspects of the new procedure. Firstly, there is an initial doubt regarding the procedure’s application in the case of resignation during an employee’s trial period. On the one ....

With its judgment No. 5056 of 15 March 2016, the Court of Cassation established that the determination of the place of employment comes within the employer’s organizational powers, and is only limited by the provisions governing the question of employee transfers. In the case in hand, the local Court of Appeal confirmed the court of ....

With its judgment No. 2116/2016, the Court of Cassation reiterated that no mobbing shall be deemed to have occurred in the absence of a specific vexatious plan aimed at the gradual personal and professional demolition of the employee in question. The employer must safeguard the physical well-being and moral character of employees. In this sense, ....