Collective dismissal and selection criteria
The Labour Division of the Supreme Court of Cassation, with ruling no. 29377 dated 14 November 2018, deemed lawful, within the context of a collective dismissal - because…
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Read moreThe Labour Division of the Supreme Court of Cassation, with ruling no. 29377 dated 14 November 2018, deemed lawful, within the context of a collective dismissal - because…
The Labour Division of the Supreme Court of Cassation, with ruling no. 31159 published on 3 December 2018, stated that when carrying out different tasks from those established…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…