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Failure to comply with the time limits laid down in the Italian national collective bargaining agreement for the notice of the letter of dismissal constitutes a procedural breach resulting in the application of the indemnification penalty under Article 18(6). The Italian Court of Cassation, with the recent judgment No. 10802 of 21 April 2023, once ....

With the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of Directive 2023/970 which introduces new employee protections and new employer obligations on equal pay and transparency ‘the Member States of the European Union have the obligation to adapt their local laws by encouraging (and also imposing) pay transparency also in the private employment ....

By Law converting, with amendments, Decree-Law no. 48/2023 – (the ‘Employment Decree’ (‘Decreto Lavoro’)) containing ‘Urgent measures for social inclusion and access to the workplace’ – which has been approved by the Italian parliament and is currently scheduled to be published in the Italian Official Gazette (“Conversion Law“) – the right to remote working will ....

By order No. 12241 of 9th May, the Labour Division of the Court of Cassation decided on the validity of disciplinary termination of an employee of an IT company who had refused to further study certain operating systems and to update the programmes used by a client. In the case at hand, the judge of the ....

On 18 May 2023, the Italian Court of Cassation, criminal division, judgment no. 21153,ruled that ‘risk assessment is a specific function of the employer, which cannot be delegated even through delegating functions to another person and any failure by the RSPP to cooperate in the drafting of the Risk Assessment Document (Documento di Valutazione dei ....