A worker was dismissed also on the basis of previous disciplinary offences. Nevertheless, the previous examples were not included in the employer's disciplinary notice with a view to…
Using a peculiar argument, the Court of Cassation, with judgment no. 31763 of 7 December 2018 ruled on the possibility to consider the inconvenience caused by continuous and…
Legislative Decree 231/2001 introduced for the first time into the Italian legal system the possibility for a corporation to be fined (monetarily and with disqualification penalties) when specific…
A serious threat made by an employee against his immediate superior constitutes a breach of the duties of cooperation, loyalty and subordination and sufficient grounds for dismissal for…
At a time of great change, we wished to reward the companies that implemented innovative projects in the field of human resources, with the hope of contributing to…
Dismissal ordered due to elapsing of the grace period must be ordered without delay. This was the ruling of the Court of Cassation with judgement no. 29402 dated…
In its judgment No. 27656 of 30 October 2018, the Court of Cassation has again addressed the matter of employees who do other work whilst on sick leave.…
By means of judgment No. 25740 of 15 October 2018, the Court of Cassation has established the important principle that commission accrued by a “coordinator” agent, meaning an…
Almost a year on from the entry into force of Law 179/2017 on whistleblowing, the aim of which is to protect employees reporting offences or irregularities of which…
In the operative part of judgment 194/2018 issued on 8 November 2018, the Constitutional Court has ruled that art. 3, paragraph 1, of Legislative Decree 23/2015 (governing open-ended…