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15 mars 2013 • Insights

UNLAWFUL TERM: CHALLENGING WITHIN 120 DAYS (Il Sole 24 Ore, March 11, 2013, page 29)

Amending the rules of individual dismissals, “Fornero Reform” extended the terms for challenging out of Court the fixed term contract in the case of unlawful term provision (Law no. 92/2012 amended Article 32 of Law no. 183/2010).

8 mars 2013 • Insights

Court of Cassation: timeframe is crucial for downgrading (Il Sole 24 Ore, March 5, 2013, page 18)

Court of Cassation, with sentence no. 4301 of February 21, 2013, stated that the downgrading of the employee for organizational needs, if it is guaranteed in a prevailing way the performance of the ordinary duties.

8 mars 2013 • Insights

Court of Cassation: during the sickness leave the obligations are very strict (Il Sole 24 Ore, March 6, 2013, page 23)

Court of Cassation, labor section, with sentence no. 4559 of February 22, 2013, stated that the termination of an employee who, during the sickness leave, goes hunting with friends.

1 mars 2013 • Insights

VAT: THE TERMINATED EMPLOYEE IN 2013 IS INCLUDED IN THE “MINIMUM” (Il Sole 24 Ore, March 1, 2013, page 21)

An employee, after his/her dismissal in 2013, can register for VAT number to exercise an autonomous activity applying the system of the “super-minimum”.

1 mars 2013 • Insights

FIXED TERM CONTRACTS LESS BURDENSOME (Il Sole 24 Ore, February 25, 2013, page 30)

Nowadays the stipulation of fixed term contracts in order to start up a new entrepreneurial activity is simpler if the employer is a innovative start-up company. The Development Decree 2.0, converted in the Law no. 221 of December 17, 2012, states that for the innovative start-up does not apply the clause regarding reasons justifying the fixed term contracts, i.e. the “technical, productive, organizational and replacing reasons” that other companies have to apply in the case of fixed term hiring.

22 février 2013 • Insights

Court of Cassation: dismissal not justified if the employee is forced to the inactivity (Il Sole 24 Ore, February 18, 2013, page 31)

Court of Cassation, with sentence no. 1693 of January 24, stated that the subordinate employee’s refusal of carrying out his work performance (e.g. in the case he/she is assigned to lower duties) can be lawful and, therefore, make unlawful the dismissal based on the principle of “self-protection” in the equivalent performances contract, if the refusal is balanced to the unlawful behavior of the employer and in compliance with the principle of good faith.

22 février 2013 • Insights

INPS: REDUNDANCY FUND REJECTED, LONGER PERIODS FOR PETITIONS (Il Sole 24 Ore, February 19, 2013, page 19)

INPS, with message No. 2939/2013, has stated that the 30-day period established by Article 9 of Law No. 164/1975 for the petition of the refusing decisions concerning the Ordinary Redundancy Fund delivered by the provincial commissions is not peremptory.

15 février 2013 • Insights

BONUS FOR THE WOMEN EMPLOYEES WHO HAS A BABY (ITALIA OGGI, FEBRUARY 14, 2013, PAGE 25)

The Decree of the Labor Ministry dated December 22, 2012, published on the Official Gazette no. 37 of February 13, 2013, provides for the so called “bonus baby” for the mother workers.