DLP Insights

The National Labour Inspectorate, with Circular Letter no. 1881 of 25 February 2019, has clarified aspects concerning the application of Article 4, Workers’ Statute, in the event of occurrence – following changes in the company ownership structure (mergers, transfers, incorporations, leases of company or business lines) – of a change of ownership of a company ....

On 10 January 2019, the Council of the national register of chartered accountants (“Ordine dei Commercialisti”), together with the Italian banking association ABI (“Associazione Bancaria Italiana”), the Consiglio Nazionale Forense and Confindustria, published a document titled “Consolidated principles for defining organisational models and the tasks of the supervisory body and the prospects for a review ....

By way of judgment No. 4672 filed on 18 February 2019, the Court of Cassation has once again ruled on the lawfulness of dismissal for elimination of a job position when such position is reinstated a few months after the employer’s termination of the employment relationship. The case refers to an electronics engineer specialised in ....

The grounds of judgment no. 194/2018 – lodged on 9 November – were published in the Official Gazette no. 45 last 14 November 2018. In this judgment, the Constitutional Court ruled that Article 3 (1), Legislative Decree no. 23 of 4 March 2015, is constitutionally illegitimate, limitedly to the words “in the amount equal to ....

The increase in disputes and the rising financial value of settlements, together with a scenario that has become more unstable and uncertain, could be discouraging employers from recruiting. For Vittorio De Luca, a managing partner at De Luca & Partners, these are some of the effects that could emerge from a recent ruling by the ....