DLP Insights

The Ministry of Labour, with memorandum dated 31th January 2011, informed that the term for the sending of the disabled workers form, originally provided for 31st January 2011, is extended to 15th February 2011.

After the coming in force of the so called “Collegato Lavoro”, Courts stated on compensation issue in case of fixed-term contract conversion into an open-ended one.

Supreme Court – disregarding its previous guideline based on art. 18 Law no. 300/70 – with sentence no. 1244/2011, stated that employer who already dismissed an employee for just cause or justified ground, may communicate to the same employee a second dismissal, provided that the last one is due to different cause or ground.

As tax subject is concerned, starting from February 1st, 2011, will come in force new higher sanctions applicable in case of: i) judicial settlement, referred to claims filed from the date abovementioned;

The sending of the disabled workers form, provided for by the Law no. 68/99, may be executed from 15th to 31st January 2011.