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With its order no. 11182 of 6 April 2022, and following case law, the Court of Cassation ruled that during collective agreement take overs, “in pejus” amendments for the employee are admissible except for the acquired rights. The employee claim to maintain rights arising from a collective rule that no longer exists must be excluded. ....
On 27 April 2022 Law no. 32 of the previous 7 April which delegates the Government to issue a series of legislative decrees to introduce new measures to balance life and work in favour of parenthood and strengthen the structure of existing protections, was published in the Official Gazette. The implementing measures will be issued ....
The Court of Bari, in its 6 April 2022 ruling, stated that the conciliation at the trade union under art. 411, third paragraph of the code of civil procedure, completed with the assistance of a union representative who did not belong to the union with which the worker was registered, invalidates the related waivers and ....
On 17 May 2022, the interministerial decree of the previous 29 March was published, implementing Art. 46 of Legislative Decree no. 198/2006 ( “Equal Opportunities Code”). It defines the procedures for drawing up the two-yearly Equal Opportunities report for public and private companies with more than 50 employees. These companies must draw up the report ....
In ruling no. 315 of 12 April 2022, the Court of Appeal of Bologna stated that in the subordinate employment relationship, the time required to wear the company uniform is part of working time only if it is subject to the employer’s control. This may derive either from the “explicit” company regulations or, implicitly, from ....
In the last few days, Italian online services and sites, including the websites of the Senate and the Ministry of Defence, have suffered a cyber-attack from a group of Russian cybercriminals. Vittorio De Luca, from Studio De Luca & Partners said: “Cyber-attacks are a daily occurrence and no one can consider themselves safe. Attacks on institutions ....
In its ruling no. 1018/2022, published on 20 April 2022, Court of Milan Judge Franco Caroleo, confirmed case law, by recognising the existence of an employment relationship between a rider and a well-known food delivery platform. The ruling recognised the worker a sixth level classification and related remuneration under the Commercial National Collective Labour Agreement ....
The Court of Appeal of Rome established the subordinate nature of an employment relationship formally configured as self-employed work, declaring the employee’s right to compensation for pension differential damages under art. 2116 of the Italian Civil Code. for social security contributions never paid and which lapsed the statute of limitation. The Court specified that for ....
