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7 May 2025

Repeal referendums, labour law profiles (The Platform, 7 May 2025 – Vittorio De Luca, Elena Guerrera)

On 8 and 9 June, citizens will be called upon to cast their votes on the five abrogative referendums on labour and citizenship promoted by the CGIL in July 2024.

After passing the Court of Cassation’s scrutiny in December 2024, in February of this year the referendum requests were also given the green light by the Constitutional Court, which deemed them in conformity with the law and declared them admissible.

Of the five referendum questions, the four on labour issues concern, in particular

the regulation of the ‘Contract of employment with increasing protections

the maximum measure of compensation for unlawful dismissal in “small enterprises”;

the a-causality regime for fixed-term contracts;

the joint and several liability of the principal for compensation for damages in the event of accidents at work related to the specific activity of the contractor.

Continue reading the full version published on The Platform.

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