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…
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…
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…
Law no. 96 dated 9 August 2018, with amendments, converting Law Decree no. 87, dated 12 July 2018 (the so-called "Dignity Decree"), reintroduced in the Italian legislation the…
With a recent order (no. 24118 of 3 October 2018, the Court of Cassation has once again voiced its opinion on the lawfulness or unlawfulness of the refusal…
On 19 September Legislative Decree No. 101/2018 entered into force (the “Decree”), laying down provisions to align the national regulatory framework to European Regulation 679/2016 on personal data…
With judgement dated 15 October 2018, No. 25711, the Court of Cassation provided again its opinion on what are the requirements (and to which magnitude they are relevant)…
With a lawsuit filed at the Court of Rome, a worker claimed of having provided his work under employment conditions for two specific time periods for a company…
The 2018 Budget Law (Law no. 205 dated 27 December 2017) introduced in the "Code of equal opportunities for men and women" (Legislative Decree 198/2006) new protections against…