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National Collective Bargaining Agreement Signed with Chemical industry employees

On 20 July 2018, the parties reached an agreement for the renewal of the national collective bargaining agreement for employees of the chemical industry, chemical-pharmaceutical industry, chemical fibres…

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The new reform in transnational posting

The EU Directive No. 2018/957 amending the directive 96/71/EC regarding the posting of employees during the provision of services has been published on the EU Official Journal dated…

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Dignity Decree 2.0

In the past few days, the so called Dignity Decree (Law Decree 87/2018), which came into force on 14 July, was not approved by the Finance and Labour…

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DO YOU KNOW THAT... There is no traceability obligation for expense reimbursements?

Art. 1, paragraph 910 of Law No. 205/2017 (the so-called Budget Law 2018) established that, effective from July 1, 2018, employers and private clients must pay to employees…

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Dismissal for justified objective reasons: legal prerequisites and penalties

The Court of Cassation, with judgement dated 25 June 2018 No. 16702, issued a new ruling on the dismissal for justified objective reasons and related penalty consequences. In…

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Even for the Court of Milan food-riders are self-employed

The “battle” on the type of employment relationship of the so-called riders in the age of the gig economy continues. A few months after the judgement issued by…

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Work activity while on sick leave: dismissal is legitimate only if work delays healing

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 17514 dated 4 July 2018, deemed justified the disciplinary dismissal ordered to a bus driver of a private rental company who,…

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Fixed term contract: the indemnification protection covers only periods not actually worked

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 17248 dated 2 July 2018, faced the matter of the protection of employees when in the presence of a series of…

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