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13 novembre 2014 • Insights

Court of Cassation: Employers bound by obligations of supervision (Il Sole 24 Ore, 13 November 2014, p. 47)

In Judgment No. 46820, entered last 12 November, the Court of Cassation held that obligations of supervision and control imposed on employers are not diminished with the appointment of a health and safety officer (Rssp), whose role is to provide direct assistance in support of, and not in substitution of, the employer in identifying risk factors.

7 novembre 2014 • Insights

BILL APPROVED CONCERNING NEW CIVIL LAWSUITS

On 6 November 2014, the Chamber of Deputies gave final approval to the bill (S. 1612) to convert Decree Law No. 132/2014, which is aimed at improving the overall efficiency of civil lawsuits. Below is a summary of the main revisions.

5 novembre 2014 • Insights

Court of Rome: Second chance only with permanent contract (Il Sole 24 Ore, 5 November 2014, p. 40)

In a ruling of 27 October 2014, the Court of Rome affirmed that the obligation to give a second change to employees dismissed for objectively justified reasons is not breached in the case of a temporary hiring one month before dismissal.

4 novembre 2014 • Insights

PROBATION PERIOD REPEATABLE (ITALIA OGGI, 4 NOVEMBER 2014, P. 47)

In Judgment No. 23381, entered on 3 November 2014, the Court of Cassation held that it is permissible to provide for a new probation period under a second employment contract concluded between the same parties for the same job, where the called-for probation is designed to meet the needs of a more complete evaluation about the employee’s personal and not just professional aptitudes in relation to the definitive nature of the responsibilities assigned to him.

31 octobre 2014 • Insights

EUROPEAN LAW: COLLECTIVE REDUNDANCY OF MANAGERS (IL SOLE 24 ORE, 26 OCTOBER 2014, P. 19)

The European law, which was just adopted by Parliament, has taken into account the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of last 13 February (Case C-596/12), where the Court held that Law 223/1991 was invalid to the extent that is excluded the obligation to comply with the procedure for staff reductions with respect to managers.

31 octobre 2014 • Insights

Court of Cassation: Discriminatory redundancy subject to civil penalties (Il Sole 24 Ore, p. 44, 30 October 2014)

In its Judgment No. 19665 of 18 September 2014, the Court of Cassation, sitting in plenary session, resolved the conflict in case law concerning the obligation to pay civil penalties on social insurance contributions owed by the employer in the case of unlawful redundancy.

29 octobre 2014 • Insights

MANAGERS: NEW BOUNDARIES FOR COLLECTIVE REDUNDANCIES (IL SOLE 24 ORE, P. 41, 29 OCTOBER 2014)

As a result of the European law just adopted by Parliament, which sets forth how the procedures concerning collective redundancies are to be applied to managers, the rules and practices to be followed in this regard have changed considerably.

24 octobre 2014 • Insights

STABILITY LAW: INCREASE IN RELIEF FROM SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS (IL SOLE 24 ORE, 21 OCTOBER 2014, P. 2)

The new draft of the stability law raises the ceiling for relief from social security contributions to EUR 8,060 (from EUR 6,200) for new hires with permanent contracts and confirms that starting 1 January 2015, subsidised contracts will cease for workers who have been unemployed for more than two years (as provided for in Law No. 407/1990).