DLP Insights

Categories: Case Law

Court of Rome, with judgment of March 5, 2014, stated that terminating an apprenticeship contract may not be challenged with the new procedure introduced by Law 92/2012 (so called “Rito Fornero”), but with the ordinary procedure.

Categories: Legislation

Labour Ministry, with note no. 2642/2014, stated that the employer who pays cash in hand overtime is subject to a double penalty.

Categories: Case Law

Court of Cassation, with judgment no. 5179 filed on March 5, stated that an employee who sent his legal attorney documentation concerning confidential company information may not be dismissed

Categories: Legislation

With circular no. 6/2014, the Labour Ministry interpreted the new code for labour inspectors stating that their role is not only to ascertain facts constituting violations and consequently notifying irregularities and applying sanctions, but also, as a supervisory body, he/she is formally given the responsibility of providing operational advice to properly implement labour and social security rules, with particular reference to issues of greater social importance, as well as to new laws and interpretations”.

Categories: Case Law

Court of Cassation, with sentence no. 4439/2014, stated that not material damages is a unitary and full-comprehensive category, as the material damages, which does not change its character only because concerns goods of different nature.