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8 February 2013 • Insights

MINISTRY OF LABOUR: EMPLOYMENT ABROAD (Il Sole 24 Ore, 4 February 2013, page 26)

The Ministry of Labor has informed that employers who have to hire or transfer Italian employees (or EU employees resident in Italy) for working activities in non-EU countries are required to apply for the relevant authorization from the Ministry of Labour itself.

8 February 2013 • Insights

Court of Cassation: limited indemnity in case of temporary work conversion (Il Sole 24 Ore, February 7, 2013)

Court of Cassation, with sentence no. 1148/2013, stated that the maximum threshold of indemnity equal to 12 monthly wages, set by Law no. 183/2010 (so called “Collegato Lavoro”), in case the fixed term employment contract is converted in an open ended one, applies also in case of conversion of the temporary work (therefore, staff supply).

1 February 2013 • Insights

INPS: AMOUNTS OF SOCIAL SECURITY CUSHIONS FOR 2013 (Italia Oggi, January 31, 2013, page 31)

INPS, with memorandum No. 14/2013, updated the new economic treatments provided for the social security cushions due to redundancy fund, mobility, unemployment (so called “ASpI”) and allowance for socially useful workers for 2013.

1 February 2013 • Insights

MODIFICATION ON THE SO CALLED “PICCOLA MOBILITÀ” (Il Sole 24 Ore, January 29, 2013 page 20)

INPS, with memorandum No. 13/2013, summing up the social security contribution situation for 2013, pointed out that some of the usual extensions, which generally extend certain institutions to the following year, have not been confirmed for 2013.

25 January 2013 • Insights

MINISTRY OF LABOR: CLARIFICATIONS ON THE SO CALLED “ACCESSORY WORK” (ITALIA OGGI, JANUARY 19, 2013, PAGE 30)

Ministry of Labor, with the note no. 4 of January 18, 2013, provides some clarifications concerning the so called “accessory work” in the light of the amendments set by Law no. 92/2012.

25 January 2013 • Insights

MINISTRY OF LABOUR: CLARIFICATIONS ON APPRENTUCESHIP (IL SOLE 24 ORE, JANUARY 22, 2013, PAGE 18)

Ministry of Labor, with the note no. 5of January 21, 2013, provides with some clarifications concerning apprenticeship in the light of the amendments set by Law no. 92/2012.

18 January 2013 • Insights

LABOUR: CLARIFICATION ABOUT THE CONCILIATION FOR DISMISSAL FOR ECONOMICAL REASONS (Il Sole 24 Ore, January 17, 2013, page 13)

The Ministry of Labour has published the memorandum No. 3/2012 in which it has been clarified the new provision of Article 1, paragraph 40, of Law No. 92/2012, which modified Article 7 of Law No. 604/1966. The Ministry has clarified that dismissals due to maximum period of sickness overcoming are not included in the mandatory conciliation procedure.

18 January 2013 • Insights

CLARIFICATIONS ON SETTLEMENT SET UNDER ART. 7 LAW 604/1966 (Italia Oggi, January 17, 2013, page 25)

For the Ministry of Labor the new settlement procedure introduced by the art. 7 Law 64/1966 can also concern further issues, beyond the specific one regarding the dismissal.