News & Insights

Recherche, formation et collaborations internationales

Le Centre d’étude de De Luca & Partners gère et coordonne les activités de recherche, de formation (interne et externe) et les activités éditoriales en matière de droit du travail, de protection des données personnelles et de responsabilité administrative des personnes morales.

De Luca & Partners investit en effet dans l’étude et la diffusion de sujets relevant de sa compétence et collabore à ce titre avec le journal italien Sole 24 Ore et avec les principales revues et publications spécialisées.

TOUTES LES NEWS ET INSIGHTS

5 septembre 2014 • Insights

Court of Cassation: dismissal of “absentee” employees is lawful (Il Sole 24 ore, september 5, 2014, page 40)

Court of Cassation, judgment no. 18678 of September 4, 2014, confirmed the lawfulness of a dismissal noticed to a “strategic” absentee employee even if the sick leave was not exceeded.

5 septembre 2014 • Insights

INPS: PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR SOLIDARITY FUND (ITALIA OGGI, SEPTEMBER 3, 2014, PAGE 37)

INPS, with note no. 100 of September 2, 2014, provided for the instructions for payment to the new residual solidarity Fund (introduced through DM 79141/2014). The payments are due by companies – to which redundancy fund is not applicable – with more than 15 employees.

29 août 2014 • Insights

Indemnity in lieu of the reinstatement entails the final termination of the employment relationship (Il Sole 24 Ore, August 28, 2014, page 33)

Court of Cassation, joined sections, judgment no. 18353 issued on August 27, 2014, stated that the waiver of reinstatement on the workplace (as a consequence of an unlawful dismissal), replaced by the indemnity in lieu (payment of 15 monthly installments), entails the final termination of the employment relationship;

29 août 2014 • Insights

FIXED-TERM CONTRACTS: UNTIL DECEMBER 31 THE TRANSIENT PERIOD FOR COMPLYING WITH THE UTILIZATION THRESHOLDS (IL SOLE 24 ORE, AUGUST 25, 2014, PAGE 23)

The reform of the fixed-term contract by the Law Decree 34/2014 requires the compliance with the threshold provided by the collective agreement. In lack of collective provisions, the threshold is equal to 20% of the employees hired with open ended contract, with provision of a transient period expiring on December 31. Such period is granted to employers in order to comply with the said limit in 2014.

22 août 2014 • Insights

Staff leasing: damages limited (Il Sole 24 Ore, August 21, 2014, page 30)

Court of Cassation, judgment no. 18046 of August 20, 2014, confirmed the case-law guideline based on which irregular staff leasing is subject to the sanction introduced by Law 183/2010: if the work relationship turns into an undetermined contract as a consequence of an irregular staff leasing, the worker is entitled to damages ranging from 2,5 and 12 monthly installments of the last overall compensation.

22 août 2014 • Insights

EXCEPTIONAL REDUNDANCY FUND: READY 400 MILLION (IL SOLE 24 ORE, AUGUST 20, 2014, P. 29)

The Labour Ministry, with decree n. 83117/14, has established the new fund of 400 million for the exceptional redundancy fund and mobility treatments.

15 août 2014 • Insights

INPS: BENEFITS FOR 2012 (IL SOLE 24 ORE, AUGUST 7, 2014, PAGE 32)

INPS, with circular no. 98 of August 6, 2014, stated that the applications for benefits provided for the recruitment of unemployed that took place in 2012, should be submitted by September 30, 2014.

15 août 2014 • Insights

COMPLETION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR BEING ENTITLED TO BENEFIT ASPI (IL SOLE 24 ORE, AUGUST 12, 2014, PAGE 30)

INPS, with communication issued on its website, specified that unemployment indemnity timeframes are not considered in the calculation of the threshold for the completion of the contributive requirement, set for by law, for being entitled to benefit ASPI.