DLP Insights

The 2018 Budget Law (Law no. 205 dated 27 December 2017) introduced in the “Code of equal opportunities for men and women” (Legislative Decree 198/2006) new protections against discrimination due to harassment, including sexual harassment, in the workplace. In particular, the Italian legislator – having taken into consideration the widespread occurrence of such conduct – ....

The 2018 online edition of the “International Comparative Legal Guide to Corporate Immigration”, published by the Global Legal Group in partnership with the American Immigration Lawyers Association is now available. The publication includes the latest updates in the matter of corporate immigration in 30 countries of the world, and it is a helpful guide for ....

With its judgement No. 273 filed on 21 September 2018, the Brescia Court of Appeal has ruled on a few aspects of the probation period. In the case at hand, a woman worker had filed a petition to the court of first instance seeking annulment of the dismissal enforced for failure to pass the probation ....

With its recent judgement no. 21965 dated 10 September 2018, the Court of Cassation once again ruled on the well-known controversial issue of the boundaries between the right to criticize and insubordination, upholding the decision of the trial court. The judgement at hand found the dismissal imposed on an employee, who had uttered words deemed ....

The Court of Cassation – with judgment no. 21621 filed on 4 September 2018, has ruled that a disciplinary dismissal for circumstances established by a private detective is not lawful if such dismissal is based on facts occurred within the context of the performance of the job duties and connected to the latter. In the ....