On 19 January, the Official Gazette published the “Regulation amending the Presidential Decree No. 178/2010 on the matter of the Do Not Call Registry concerning the use of…
The Italian Government with Legislative Decree No. 63/2018 (the "Decree") implemented the EU Directive No. 2016/943 (the "Directive") on the protection of the so-called "undisclosed know-how" and business…
On 12 August 2018, the conversion law No. 96/2018 of Decree Law No. 87/2018 (the so-called Dignity Decree) came into force, which, among other things, reintroduced the crime…
The allocation of the burden of proof in appeals against verbal dismissal is once again in the spotlight. In fact, in judgment 3822 of 8 February 2019, the…
In judgment No. 436/2019 filed on 10 January 2019 the Court of Cassation confirmed that, based on the constitutional principle of freedom of private economic initiative (art. 41…
The Constitutional Court’s ruling starts to take effect in proceedings involving dismissals in the context of progressive-indemnity employment contracts [‘contratti di lavoro a tutele crescenti’ in Italian].…
Draft law no. 726 (the “DL”), which introduces significant changes to Italian Legislative Decree no. 231/01 is currently being examined by the Justice Committee of the Italian Senate.…
With its order no. 32533, filed 14 December last, the Italian Court of Cassation established that employees, when subject to disciplinary procedures, have the right to access the…
With its order no. 505 of 11 January 2019, the Italian Court of Cassation established the principle that workers have the right to be remunerated for the time…
Since 1 January 2017 companies in the metalworking and mechanical engineering sector have been required, every three years, to provide workers employed under permanent contracts with continuing professional…