Insights

With its ruling no. 19465 of 2015 the Cassation Court returned to decide on the limits to the irreducibility of salary principle granted to the worker.

Job Act: The labour reform changes the rules for mandatory employment. Numerous new measures regarding mandatory employment of people with disabilities were introduced by Legislative Decree 151/2015, which became effective 24 September.

With its ruling no. 16472 of 5 August 2015, the Cassation Court clarified that, in the presence of repeated absences from work due to illness, the employer cannot dismiss a worker for poor performance.

As of 25 June 2015, the date when the Law on overhaul of contracts became effective, it is no longer possible to stipulate project-related contracts, while contracts currently in progress will remain in place until their natural expiration. Thus the spotlight has returned to long term consultant contracts “without a project”.

The Government has targeted improvement of employment of parents and has decided to do so by allowing greater flexibility in the use of parental leave.