Publications

Remote working has exponentially increased due to the Covid-19 health emergency that started in 2020. The advantages and potential of this work method, forcibly experienced at a mass level during the pandemic, oriented many companies towards a new “hybrid” organisation that combines in-person and remote work. Many companies have applied a more flexible organisation that ....

The Court of Cassation, with order no. 23418 of 25 August 2021, returned to deal with the subject of requirements for validity of non-competition agreements. The Court’s ruling is based on appeal lodged by a bank manager who (among other claims submitted) had challenged a signed non-competition agreement, considering it vitiated, since the payment was ....

In a ruling dated 8 July 2021, the Court of Trento, upheld a disciplinary dismissal (for just cause) imposed on a teacher who repeatedly refused to wear a protective mask while working at school. In this case, the teacher, employed by the Autonomous Province of Trento, refused to comply with an order issued by the ....

The Court of Justice of the European Union looked at the delicate issue of using religious symbols in the workplace under a ruling published on 15 July 2021, in Joined Cases C-804/18 and C-341/19. According to the Court, the prohibition of wearing any visible form of expression of political, philosophical or religious beliefs in the ....

The Court of Cassation, in ruling no. 20560 published on 19 July 2021 confirmed the facts subject of a plea bargain in a criminal case must be established (with the effect of res judicata) to any pending civil proceedings concerning the same findings. The Supreme Court’s ruling stems from the lawful dismissal for misconduct by ....