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31 May 2013 • Insights

INAIL: exemption from INAIL for trainees (Il Sole 24 Ore, May 25, 2013, page 20)

The National Work Accident Insurance Institute (so called “INAIL”), with note no. 27/2013, confirmed the extension of the reductions introduced by the “stability” Law 2012 even to INAIL contributions for the contracts with trainees entered into from January 1, 2012 up to December 31, 2016.

24 May 2013 • Insights

Court of Cassation: the members of the Board of Directors are liable for injuries at work (Il Sole 24 Ore, May 21, 2013, page 27)

The Supreme Court, IV criminal section, with sentence no. 21628 of May 20, 2013, confirmed that, regarding security in the work place, the liability for the injury at work is charged on the members of the Board of Directors, unless, throughout a deliberation, the guarantee position is assigned to just one of the directors.

24 May 2013 • Insights

Special Redundancy Fund: saves fiscal bonuses, not tax reliefs INPS (Il Sole 24 Ore, 20 maggio 2013, pag. 37)

The intervention put in place by the Government for refinancing the Special Redundancy Fund (so called “Cassa Integrazione Guadagni in deroga”) does not affect the resources available for the tax reduction of productivity incomes in the year 2013; it affects, however, the fund for the tax reliefs concerning the social security contributions of productivity agreements which will have to be implemented and regulated by decree of the Ministry of Labour.

17 May 2013 • Insights

Illness and parental leave for employees enrolled INPS Special Fund (Il Sole 24 Ore, May 14, 2013, page 26)

The National Institute for Social Security (so called “INPS”), with note no. 77 of May 13, 2013, provided some clarifications about the recognition of daily indemnity of illness and parental leave for the employees enrolled in INPS Special Fund.

17 May 2013 • Insights

Transfer to be justified in case of reinstated employee (Il Sole 24 Ore, May 17, 2013, page 23)

The employee, reinstated by the Court, must not be transferred in different premises from the ones where he/she worked at the time of employment termination, unless the employer does not demonstrate the existence of technical, productive or organizational needs, which makes the change of the work place necessary.

10 May 2013 • Insights

Inter-union Agreement about the performance incomes (Il Sole 24 Ore, May 7, 2013, page 24)

The Inter-union Agreement, signed on April 24, between Confindustria, on the one hand, and the three main trade union associations (Cgil, Cisl e Uil), on the other, allows companies without internal trade unions to enter into agreements concerning tax reduction in order to apply tax reduction for performance incomes in the measure of 10% for the activity exceeding the ordinary working hours.

10 May 2013 • Insights

Court of Cassation: dismissed who does not inform of the absence (Il Sole 24 Ore, May 8, 2013, page 24)

The subordinate employee has a binding obligation of “correct and timely information to the employer” of his/her incapability to carry out the duties he has been assigned to, starting from his own presence on the work place.

3 May 2013 • Insights

The New Article 18: the absence of just cause does not always lead to a judgment of reinstatement (Il Sole 24 Ore, April 30, 2013)

The Court of Voghera, with the decision of March 14, 2013, confirmed that when the dismissal for just cause is not proportioned to the employee’s behavior it is unlawful, but implies just a compensation and not the reinstatement if the contested behavior occurred and the collective agreement does not provide a conservative penalty for the employee’s lack.