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Whistleblowing has become a national law (Il Commerci@lista, Labour and Social Security November/December 2017, Vittorio De Luca – Giulia Galli)

On 15 November 2017, the Chamber of Deputies approved draft law No. 2208 regulating the so-called whistleblowing. The main novelty concerns the extension of the protection also to…

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When dismissal ordered due to failure to successfully overcome a probation period is lawful

The Court of Brescia, with its judgement dated 3 November 2017, has declared lawful a dismissal ordered to a female employee due to her failure to successfully overcome…

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Travel allowance, 50% taxability rate if fixed

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 27093 dated 15 November 2017 issued during a Plenary Sitting, intervened on the matter of travel allowance and related taxability and…

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Validity of a dismissal deriving solely from the reading and justifiability of the employer’s dismissal

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 23503 dated 9 October 2017, has ruled valid a dismissal that took place “through reading of the written notification before the…

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No repêchage obligation of collective dismissals

The Court of Appeals of Milan, with judgement No. 131/2017, in confirming the first-degree ruling, stated that in collective dismissals the employer does not have any repêchage obligations.…

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Dismissal is unlawful if subcontracting takes place after two years

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 25649 dated 27 October 2017, ruled as unlawful, persecutory and abusive, the dismissal ordered to an employee “for organisational reasons”, due…

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An employer can monitor its employee’s corporate email account

The Court of Cassation, with judgement 26682/2017, ruled as lawful the disciplinary dismissal ordered to an employee who accused of ineptitude and incompetence employees and top management of…

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Imposing the use of vacation leave may be lawful

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 27206/2017, has declared lawful the decision of a local health unit (ASL) to impose to one of its managers, close to…

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DO YOU KNOW THAT… whistleblowing has been regulated by law?

The House Assembly, on 15 November 2017, approved a bill that includes rules for the protection of employees or contractors who disclose illegal actions of which they become…

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Smart Work, Companies to comply

Effective from 15 November 2017 employers that signed individual smart working agreements must comply with the mandatory notifications. In fact, art. 23 of the Law 81/2017 expressly establishes…

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