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20 December 2013 • Insights

Court of Cassation: the rejection of the economic incentive must be justified by the employer (Il Sole 24 Ore, December 19, 2013, page 31)

Court of Cassation, with sentence no. 28311/2013, stated that the difference in assessing the professional skills of the employee by the employer must not come to the denial of an economic incentive without a suitable justification.

13 December 2013 • Insights

MINISTRY OF LABOUR: DURC DENIED, A “GRACE PERIOD” IS PROVIDED (ITALIA OGGI, DECEMBER 12, 2013, PAGE 33)

The Ministry of Labour, in answer to question no. 33/2013 made by the National Council of Labour Consultants, pointed out that when a "cause impediment" (referred to in table A attached to Ministerial Decree of October 24, 2007) the DURC (“Unique Document of Contribution Regularity”) is not released from the assessment date of the violation.

13 December 2013 • Insights

Court of Cassation: biological damage has to be proved in case of omitted rests (Il Sole 24 ore, December 9, 2013, page 39)

Court of Cassation, with sentence no. 26398 of November 26, 2013, stated that the company who allows employee to skip rest shifts is not obliged to refund the biological damage if this was not proved.

6 December 2013 • Insights

INAIL: THE INDEMNITIES OF “IN ITINERE” ACCIDENTS (IL SOLE 24 ORE, DECEMBER 2, 2013, PAG. 34)

Inail, with note n. 52 of October 23, provided the framework of the rules for the accidents “in itinere” occurred to the employee during missions, in the hotel room and during travelling from the hotel to the work place.

6 December 2013 • Insights

Court of Cassation: production bonus is not company custom (Il Sole 24 Ore, December 2, 2013, page 33)

Court of Cassation, with sentence no. 25730 of November 15, 2013, stated that production bonus represents a supplementary element of the salary which cannot be considered as company custom.

29 November 2013 • Insights

Special Redundancy Fund: maximum 12 months in a two-year period (Italia Oggi, November 27, 2013, page 30)

The text of the inter-ministerial decree on the new parameters for the granting of Special Redundancy Fund (so called “Cassa Integrazione Guadagni in deroga”), which will be presented this afternoon by Welfare Secretary Carlo Dell'Aringa to the work commission of the state-region-autonomous provinces Conference, provides for the maximum duration of the intervention of 12 months in two years "mobile", and not "yearly", and the coverage of income support for 2014 across the Solidarity Funds supported by the contributions of employers and employees.

29 November 2013 • Insights

Court of Cassation: file sharing does not justify dismissal (Il Sole 24 Ore, November 27, 2013, page 27)

Court of Cassation, with sentence no. 2639 of November 26, 2013, stated that the dismissal of an employee that set up a program to download music and movies for free in the company laptop is unlawful.

22 November 2013 • Insights

Ministry of Labour: the agent abroad up to two years must pay Enasarco (Italia Oggi, November 21, 2013, page 34)

The Ministry of Labour, with the ruling no. 32/2013 to Confimi’s question, summarized the legal framework for the agents in respect to Enasarco compulsory registration, stating that, in compliance with EU regulation, the agent who performs his/her activity abroad for a duration not exceeding 24 months, has to be enrolled in Enasarco register.