Italian Court of Cassation: second dismissal lawful pending judgment on the first
In its very recent judgment no. 2274 of 23 January 2024, the Italian Court of Cassation ruled that it is lawful for an employer to give notice of…
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DID YOU KNOW THAT… the new Budget Law come into force on 1 January 2024?
Italian Law of 30 December 2023, no. 213, containing the “State budget for the financial year 2024 and multi-year budget for the three-year period 2024-2026”, which came into force…
Dismissal of working mother on cessation of business activity (Chamber of Commerce of Spain in Italy – Enrico De Luca, Luca Cairoli)
By Order no. 35527 of 19 December 2023, the Italian Court of Cassation ruled on the dismissal of a working mother ordered as a result of the cessation…
Liability under Italian Legislative Decree no. 231/2001: obtaining minimal advantage does not exempt the employer
With judgment no. 39129 of 26 September 2023, the Italian Court of Cassation, Third Criminal Division addressed the issue of corporate administrative liability under Italian Legislative Decree no.…
Dismissal to reduce costs: what does the employer need to prove?
With Order no. 31660 of 14 November 2023, the Italian Court of Cassation ruled that, when dismissal for justified objective reason (giustificato motivo oggettivo, ‘GMO’) is to reduce…
DID YOU KNOW THAT… the agreement renewing the National Collective Bargaining Agreement for Cooperative Credit Bank Executives has been published?
On 5 December 2023, the agreement renewing the National Collective Bargaining Agreement for Executives of Cooperative Credit Banks (Contratto Collettivo Nazionale di Lavoro per i Dirigenti delle Banche…
Whistleblowing: companies’ obligations
Italian Legislative Decree no. 24/2023, which implements Directive (EU) 1937/2019 and introduces the new legal framework on whistleblowing has come into effect. Laws on whistleblowing have already been…
Gender pay gap: EU directive gives rise to new employer obligations (Norme & Tributi Plus Lavoro – Il Sole 24 Ore – 18 December 2023 – Enrico De Luca, Stefania Raviele)
In both the public and private sectors, all workers should have access to information on individual wage levels and average wage levels broken down by gender. By 7…
Whistleblowing: Italian companies still non-compliant just before 17 December deadline (Norme & Tributi Plus Diritto – Il Sole 24 Ore, 13 December 2023 – Vittorio De Luca)
The task force focus team highlights companies’ failure to adopt decree provisions. Six months after the entry into force of the Italian legislative decree on Whistleblowing the dedicated…
Excessive company delays on anonymous complaints run the risk of sanctions (L’Economia de Il Corriere della Sera – 11 december 2023, Vittorio De Luca)
Since the beginning of 2023, a task force at law firm De Luca & Partners has been entirely dedicated to the new decree on Whistleblowing which requires employers…