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28 March 2024 • News, Insights

Health and Safety: new licence for businesses and the self-employed

From 1 October 2024, businesses and self-employed workers operating on temporary or mobile construction sites, as defined by the Consolidated Safety Act (specifically, Article 89, paragraph 1, letter a), of Italian Legislative Decree no. 81/2008), are required to have a licence, in digital format, issued by the competent local office of the Italian National Labour ....

28 March 2024 • News, Insights

Italian Court of Cassation: worker who resigns not entitled to compensation in lieu of notice

In its recent Order no. 6782 of 14 March 2024, the Italian Court of Cassation affirmed the following principle of law: “in the case of a permanent employment relationship, the employer’s waiver of the notice period, in the face of the worker’s resignation, does not give rise to the latter’s right to obtain compensation in ....

27 March 2024 • News, Insights

Artificial Intelligence and Human Resources: what challenges should an HR Manager prepare for? (AIDP, 27 March 2024 – Stefania Raviele, Martina De Angeli) 

In a context where technology is advancing rapidly, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising the global work landscape, driving profound changes and opening up horizons that were previously unimaginable.   The law is therefore called, once again, to regulate new scenarios that do not conform to traditional legal paradigms. The first step in this direction comes from ....

26 March 2024 • Insights, News

DID YOU KNOW THAT… Italian Decree-Law PNRR-bis, in force from 2 March 2024, introduced important changes to the law relating to contracting-out?

Italian Decree-Law no. 19 of 2 March 2024 (‘DL PNRR-bis’), in force from that date, introduced important changes to the employment sector, particularly regarding contracting-out and employment agency entities. The most important changes are summarised below: Contracting-out thresholds: contractors and subcontractors must pay personnel employed under the contract overall remuneration that is not lower than ....

26 March 2024 • News, Insights

Dismissal is lawful even if financial damage suffered by company from disciplined conduct is minor (Camera di Commercio di Spagna in Italia – Enrico De Luca, Raffaele Di Vuolo)

By Order no. 1476 of 15 January 2024, the Italian Court of Cassation has once again ruled on the seriousness of the facts alleged against an employee as the reason underlying the dismissal for just cause under Article 2119 of the Italian Civil Code. At the end of the three instances of proceedings, the Italian ....

15 March 2024 • News, Insights

AI Act: European Parliament approves Europe’s first law on artificial intelligence 

On Wednesday 13 March 2024, the European Parliament approved the draft text of the so-called “AI Act”, the first Regulation on artificial intelligence. The Regulation establishes obligations in relation to the use of AI on the basis of possible risks and level of impact with the aim of protecting individuals’ fundamental rights, democracy and environmental sustainability ....

12 March 2024 • Insights, News

Outsourcing contracts and the power to dismiss (Affari & Finanza of La Repubblica, 11 March 2024 – Vittorio De Luca)

Who has the power to dismiss the employee in the case of an outsourcing contract? The issue, which at first glance may appear technical, has widespread application in Italy, where the use of outsourcing (or sub-contracting) is frequent. In particular, companies have to keep on top of both developments in the regulations as well as ....

1 March 2024 • News, Insights

Invalidity of the disciplinary dismissal ordered in violation of the procedures established by law (Newsletter Norme & Tributi n. 175 Camera di Commercio Italo-Germanica – Vittorio De Luca, Luca Cairoli)

With judgment no. 2859 of 31 January 2024, the Italian Supreme Court dealt with the issue of disciplinary dismissal and its consequences in the event of a violation of the procedures established by law. In the case in question, the company, in applying the dismissal measure against the employee, had not respected the procedure envisaged ....