Dismissal for just cause and reintegration protection
The Court of Cassation, with the sentence no. 4879 of 24 February 2020 confirmed that the reinstatement protection provided by article 18, paragraph 4 of Law 300/1970 in…
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Reinstated but inactive worker: compensation for personal injury is lawful
The Italian Cassation Court with its sentence 6750 of 10 March 2020, observed that an employer who demoted and left inactive a worker reintegrated following a ruling of…
DID YOU KNOW THAT… The Cura Italia Decree introduced a ban on dismissals?
Article 46 of the Cura Italia Decree, containing urgent measures to contrast the COVID 19 emergency states that “beginning from the date the degree goes into effect starting…
Remote working, risks if the company opposes in times of Coronavirus (Agendadigitale.eu, 25 March 2020)
It would be improper to say that, at least until the Covid-19 emergency period is over, the employer is free to decide whether or not to adopt an…
“Cura Italia” Decree to support enterprises and workers
Among the measures that have come one after another in these weeks, this is the right time to make some remarks in light of the novelties introduced with…
The DCPM of 22 March 2020 and the new restrictive measures
With the DCPM of March 22, 2020 ("Decree"), the Government sanctioned, on the entire national territory, the "suspension of industrial or commercial production activities", unless they are organized…
Trade Union Meeting can be called even by a single member of the RSU (Newsletter Norme & Tributi n. 140 Camera di Commercio Italo-Germanica – Vittorio De Luca, Elena Cannone)
The Court of Cassation, with ruling no. 2862 filed on 6/2/2020, declared that a single member of the Rappresentanza Sindacale Unitaria (RSU) calling the union meeting is a…
Measures for the economic support for families, workers and businesses: the new decree law related to the epidemiological emergency by Covid-19
On March 17, 2020, the Italian Government has issued Law Decree no. 182020 (the "Decree") concerning "measures to strengthen the national health service and provide economic support for…
Protocol for the regulation of measures to combat and contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the workplace
On 14 March 2020, the Social Partners signed the Protocol for the regulation of measures to combat and contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the workplace.…
Riders, for Italy and Spain are employees (Guida al Lavoro de Il Sole 24 Ore, 28 February 2020 – Vittorio De Luca, Antonella Iacobellis)
The Italian Supreme Court has stated that the rules on employment apply to so-called riders. The issue of riders is affecting the courts at all latitudes of the…