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The Court of Cassation, with sentence No. 21028/2012, has stated that the employee who was not able to enjoy the holidays due to a long illness is entitled to their monetization even if the national collective agreement refers only to the enjoyment of the holidays and not to the indemnity in lieu (the latter, in fact, is an inalienable right guaranteed by the Constitution).
The Ministry of Labour, with note No. 12886/2012, has specified that the dismissal of an employee due to the exceeding of the grace period for sickness is excluded from the conciliation attempt since it is not a hypothesis of the new case of dismissal for just cause introduced by Law No. 92/2012.
The Ministry of Labour, with note No. 16636/2012, has updated the procedures - announced on August 9, 2012 and in force at an experimental stage - for the communications which have to be delivered by the companies for the execution of the job on call employees working activity.
On December 20, 2012 INAIL will publish the announcement concerning INAIL incentives for safety. The 2012 announcement allocates EUR 225 million, 78 of which to be transferred to the regions of Veneto, Lombardia and Emilia Romagna for seismic events, and others EUR 9 million for the financing of organizational models.
The labour section of Milan Court, with decision of November 14, 2012, has stated that the new Article 18 of Law No. 300/1970 (so called “Statuto dei Lavoratori”) is not applicable to the dismissals ordered before the date of entry into force of Law No. 92/2012 (so called “Fornero Reform”), i.e. before July 18, 2012, although the litigation started after that date.
The Court of cassation, labour section, with sentence no. 18921/12, stated that the employer who does not adopt the necessary measures for health protection on the work places is considered to be unfulfilling with respect to the employee.
The new anti-corruption law, approved by Parliament at the end of October, provides that corruption between private persons and undue induction to give or promise utilities are the new crimes that can cause the companies liability in the absence of appropriate organizational model pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 231/2001, imposing, as a consequence, a significant revision of already existing organizational models.
Court of Cassation, with the sentence no. 44824 of November 15, stated a new principle based on which the company, even in case of bankruptcy, is subject to the sanctions provided by Legislative Decree no. 231/01. Companies already went bankrupt, that have been accused for administrative liability of the entities, are subject to the payment of the sanctions set by Legislative Decree no. 231/01.
