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22 February 2023 • News, Insights

Contractual joint and several liability: contribution recovery is not subject to the two-year limitation period (Norme & Tributi Plus Diritto of Il Sole 24 Ore, 22 February 2023 – Vittorio De Luca, Stefania Raviele)

The order under comment confirms the Supreme Court case law which differentiates the deadlinesapplicable to the actions carried out by employees under procurement contract and those governingcontribution recovery by INPS. In its order no. 38151 of 30 December 2022 the Court of Cassation, ruled on procurement contract joint and several liability, confirming its policy according ....

14 February 2023 • News, Insights

Disciplinary power: employer’s discretion and dismissal lawfulness (Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Italy news, 14 February 2023 – Enrico De Luca, Luca Cairoli)

To verify the existence of just cause or justified subjective reason for dismissal, the fact that a contractual breach similar to that contested against the dismissed employee, committed by another employee, and assessed differently by the employer is irrelevant. This was the Court of Cassation’s opinion, labour section, order no. 88 of 3 January 2023. ....

13 February 2023 • News, Insights

Manager dismissal: justifiability and just cause compared (Modulo 24 Contenzioso Lavoro of Il Sole 24 Ore, 13 February 2023 – Vittorio De Luca, Alessandra Zilla)

In its order no.88 of 3 January 2023, the Supreme Court of Cassation explained the delicateseparation between just cause and justifiability in manager dismissals. The Supreme Court held that for the justifiability of the manager’s dismissal to exist, it is sufficient to prove two of the six disciplinary charges originally contested against the manager. The ....

6 February 2023 • Insights, News

De Luca & Partners and HR Capital launch a new whistleblowing task force (Legalcommunity, 6 February 2023)

De Luca & Partners launches a new task force supporting companies grappling with the Whistleblowing legislative decree, which requires employers to implement a system of protection and safeguards for those who report crimes and irregularities within a public or private professional relationship. The soon-to-be-adopted decree implementing the EU Directive 2019/1937 protecting those who report regulatory ....

1 February 2023 • News, Insights

Contribution and tax relief introduced by the budget law and extension of remote working for vulnerable persons

On 29 December 2022, Italian Law No 197/2022, entitled ‘State budget for the financial year 2023 and multi-year budget for the three-year period 2023-2025’ (‘Bilancio di previsione dello Stato per l’anno finanziario 2023 e bilancio pluriennale per il triennio 2023-2025’ – hereinafter ‘Budget Law’) was published in the Italian Official Gazette. The above-mentioned legislation, among ....

31 January 2023 • News, Insights

Only the employer is entitled to install audiovisual systems (Newsletter Norme & Tributi n. 165 Camera di Commercio Italo-Germanica – Vittorio De Luca, Martina De Angeli)

By judgement no. 15644 of 23 November 2022, the Administrative Court of Lazio clarified, among other things, that the employer is the only person entitled to install audiovisual systems that may enable remote control of the workers’ activity. The case originated from the request of a company providing transport services for others, which, according to ....

31 January 2023 • Insights, News

Employee biometric data: fingerprinting is unlawful in the absence of specific requirements

With a decision of 10 November 2022, the Italian Data Protection Authority (l’Autorità Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, the ‘Authority’) imposed a fine of EUR 20,000 on an Italian company for monitoring employee attendance by reading fingerprints. The Authority reiterated that ‘the processing of biometric data in the workplace is allowed only if ....

31 January 2023 • Insights, News

Working during sickness: when is dismissal lawful?

In its recent order of 16 December 2022, the Court of Foggia, as part of the first phase of the so-called Fornero Procedure, held that an employee who had worked for third parties during his sickness was lawfully dismissed for just cause. The facts of the case In the case dealt with by the order ....

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