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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), with its ruling of 17 March 2021 (case C-652/2019), decided on prejudicial issues raised by the Court of Milan on 5 August 2019 on the legitimacy of the collective dismissal provisions contained in the Jobs Act. Facts of the case The case regards an employee hired ....

The Decreto Sostegni (Decree Law 41/2021), published in the Official Gazette on 22 March 2021 and enacted on 23 March, extended the ban on dismissals for economic reasons (individual dismissals and collective dismissal procedures), in a generalised manner until 30 June 2021 and then differentiated. Specifically, the ban on dismissals will continue from 1 July ....

The Cassation Court, in ruling 3542, published 11/2/2021, reiterated case law – if there is no law requiring collective contracts be written based on the freedom of form principle – a unwritten company agreement is still valid. An agreement can be made verbally or by implication. Based on freedom of form and the literal interpretation ....

On 21 January 2021, the European Parliament adopted a resolution inviting the European Commission to suggest a Directive guaranteeing workers the right to disconnect from the information technology tools used to carry out their work. The Parliament attached to the Resolution specific recommendations outlining the Directive’s content. The Directive should be addressed to private or ....

In its message dated 2 March 2021, no. 895, INPS provided guidelines on expired residence permits, and clarified they can be extended until next 30 April, under art. 5 of Decree Law 14 January 2021, no. 2 which contained further urgent provisions on the containment and prevention of the COVID -19 epidemiological emergency. The institute ....