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The memorandum issued by the Public Prosecutor’s Office at Bergamo Court on 12 May 2020 will be examined here, as will the provision contained in Article 1.3 of the Lombardy Region Ordinance 547 of the following 17 May pertaining to body temperature measurement. Both instruments are concerned to provide clarifications and operational information in order ....

On  6 April 2020, the Supreme Court of Cassation handed down judgment No. 7703 on the legitimacy of a dismissal for just cause based on irregularities found in the reimbursement of expenses declared by a worker, where those irregularities are formally disputed after one year had elapsed. Called upon to rule on the need to ....

The Court of Bologna, in its judgment No. 2759 of 23 April 2020, clarified the correct application and scope of Article 39 of Decree Law 17/2020 (so-called “Cura Italia Decree“), converted into Law 27/2020, stating that the disabled worker is entitled to carry out his/her job duties remotely (i.e. under the “remote working” regime). Facts ....

An amendment to the Liquidity Decree was approved in the House Committee on 21 May last, which relieves employers of any liability whatsoever in the event that employees should contract COVID-19 in the company, provided that the relevant protocols are followed. The amendment states, verbatim, that: “For the purposes of safeguarding against the risk of ....

The so called “Decreto Rilancio” provides with also rules relating to health and safety at work. First of all, to facilitate the phase of the business continuity and restart, Decreto Rilancio establish two tax credits in favor of the employer that carries out intervention in order to prevent the contagion and to limit the risk ....