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The draft renewal of the Confapi Engineering Workers Employment Agreement (CCNL Meccanici Confapi) has been signed

On 3 July 2017, the draft renewal of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for SMEs in the engineering industry was signed by Unionemeccanica, Fim, Fiom and Uilm and involves…

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The law regulating the new forms of casual work has been published

Art. 54 bis of Italian Law Decree no. 50/2017, which was introduced during conversion of Law no. 96/2017, regulates casual work. Casual work means work activities provided in…

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The stability pact, its legitimacy and remuneration

With its decision no. 14457/2017, the Court of Cassation turned over the “double conforming” decision of the lower courts and intervened with regard to the stability pact enclosed…

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Dismissal due to the suppression of a post through a different division of duties is lawful

In its decision no. 14871 of 15 June 2017, the Court of Cassation referred to its own case-law orientation and confirmed that, within the sphere of a dismissal…

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Dismissal via Whatsapp is legitimate

The Catania Employment Tribunal, by referring to a precedent from the Florence Tribunal, issued an order stating that dismissal of an employee via Whatsapp is legitimate. In the…

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The procedural guarantees referred to in Art. 7 of the Workers’ Charter are also applied to disciplinary dismissal of a senior executive

With its decision no. 15204 of 20 June 2017, the Court of Cassation intervened in the subject of the disciplinary dismissal of a senior executive without prior application…

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Dismissal of an employee for breach of company practice is lawful

The Bologna Employment Tribunal, with its decision no. 734 of 7 July 2017 under Art. 1 of Italian Law no. 92/201, confirmed the order issued during the summary…

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The Italian labour market reform pushes Lombardy’s employment growth (Blog Invest in Lombardy, 20 July 2017)

The total number of people employed in Lombardy has reached a total of 4 million units, thus exhibiting a +2.8% annual increase. Milan is the first city in…

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