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On 2 May 2018, the Plastic Rubber Federation signed a statement of agreement with Filctem CGIL, Femca CISL and Uiltec UIL which, in line with the Interconfederal Agreement of 9 March, has the purpose of creating a contractual model capable of responding appropriately to the needs of employees and companies operating in the sector. This ....

The Court of Appeals of Turin, with judgement dated 22 December 2017 reviewed a case of resignation for just cause presented by an agent of a company in the consumer credit sector. In particular, the resigning agent had appealed to the court to obtain the payment of the indemnity pursuant to art. 1751 of the ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 9127 dated 12 April 2018 reviewed the case of dismissal for justified objective reasons not supported by a negative economic trend. In this case, the judges reviewing the case had deemed the employer’s dismissal unlawful because “the unfavourable situations were not such as to have a decisive influence ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 10280 published on 27 April 2018 reviewed the case of a dismissal ordered to an employee who had published disparaging statements and negative comments against her employer and its representatives on her Facebook page. In particular, the Supreme Court, in confirming the decision of the judges in charge ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 7424 dated 26 March 2018 has once again dealt with the matter of immediacy of disciplinary dispute and the timeliness of the penalty then adopted. In this specific case, the employer had initiated against the employee disciplinary proceedings – which ended with a dismissal for just cause – ....