DLP Insights

“With the imminent conversion into law of the Italian Milleproroghe Decree, the extension of the deadline for entering into a fixed-term contract beyond 12 months, by agreement between the parties, is on its way. The extension granted by the decree will be from 30 April to 31 December 2024 and it will temporarily extend the ....

Employment relationship – Dismissal for just cause – Unlawfulness – Existence The existence of wilful and negligent misconduct to the detriment of the employer company requires that the damage be a foreseeable consequence of the employee’s conduct. In light of this principle, the dismissal of an employee who, having been authorised to leave the workplace ....

On 28 December 2023, Italy joined the European Framework Agreement called “Framework Agreement on the application of Article 16 (1) of Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004 in cases of habitual cross-border Telework”.   Article 1 of the Framework Agreement defines “cross-border telework” as an activity that a worker carries out remotely in one or more Member States ....

Provisional agreement on corporate sustainability due diligence directive: text still to be examined by the Legal Affairs Committee and approved by the European Parliament sitting as a whole and by the European Council. On 14 December 2023, the European Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the text of the “Corporate sustainability ....

There is no end to new initiatives on the subject of whistleblowing. While the provisions of Italian Legislative Decree no. 24 of 10 March 2023 are already in force for companies with 250 employees or more, for companies employing 50 to 249 employees this has only been the case since 17 December 2023, requiring them ....