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30 November 2016 • Insights

National Labour Inspectorate: early guidelines on the installation of GPS on company cars

The newly created National Labour Inspectorate has assumed a position on the interpretation to give to the new clause 4 of the Workers’ Statute as regards the installation of GPS equipment on company cars. With circular no. 2 dated 7 November 2016, the Inspectorate accordingly amended the opinion given on this point by the Milan ....

17 November 2016 • Insights

“Protecting workers in the case of natural disasters” (Il Giuslavorista.it, 17 November 2016 – Enrico De Luca, Luciano Vella)

Oggi più che mai il tema della tutela della salute e della sicurezza nei luoghi di lavoro ha assunto una centralità senza precedenti...

8 November 2016 • Insights

“The new opportunities for second tier collective bargaining negotiations ” (Il Giornale di Vicenza – Idea Enterprise, 08 November 2016 – Vittorio De Luca, Luciano Vella)

L'evoluzione del contesto economico-sociale degli ultimi anni ha irrimediabilmente condizionato l'universo lavoristico. La globalizzazione, il crescente peso della concorrenza e il conseguente aumento...

8 November 2016 • Insights

“Call Center, not being subject to disciplinary power does not exclude employment” (Il Quotidiano del Lavoro – Il Sole 24 Ore, 08 November 2016 – Alberto De Luca, Luciano Vella)

Con sentenza 27 ottobre 2016, n. 21710, la sezione lavoro della Corte di Cassazione è tornata ad occuparsi delle peculiarità nei...

2 November 2016 • Insights

The 2017 Budget bill has been approved

The Council of Ministers approved the State budget bill for the fiscal year 2017 and for the three-year period 2017-2019. A variety of changes have been introduced in terms of labour law. In particular, it was announced that the taxation limit for the productivity bonus with a 10% tax flat rate will increase in 2017 ....

28 October 2016 • Insights

DO YOU KNOW THAT…failure to specify the tasks invalidates the probation period?

The probation period associated with an employment agreement must not only be laid out in written form but must also contain specific instructions on the tasks that will be assigned to the employee during the probation period (specificity requirement), or it would be null and void. This is because the right of the employer to ....

26 October 2016 • Insights

Disciplinary dismissal: inspections even in the absence of serious suspicions of illness are allowed

The Supreme Court of Cassation with judgement No. 18507 filed on 21 September 2016, intervened again on the sensitive issue of denial of acceptance of the medical certificate attesting to an employee’s illness. In this case, an employee, unable to work for a declared pathology of acute sciatica, was caught by an investigative agency hired ....

26 October 2016 • Insights

Lawful dismissal only at the presence of violent intentional acts

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 20211 published on 7 October 2016, issued its ruling on the matter of dismissal for just cause notified to an employee for having participated in a “violent altercation with a colleague then followed by bodily harm”. In this case, the Court of Cassation confirmed the decision of the ....