DLP Insights

Categories: Case Law

With its decision no. 14457/2017, the Court of Cassation turned over the “double conforming” decision of the lower courts and intervened with regard to the stability pact enclosed with the subordinate employment contract. Specifically, the Court observed that, outside the cases of just cause under Art. 2119 of the Italian Civil Code, a worker can ....

Categories: Legislation

Art. 54 bis of Italian Law Decree no. 50/2017, which was introduced during conversion of Law no. 96/2017, regulates casual work. Casual work means work activities provided in accordance with the following economic limits, all relating to the calendar year in which they take place: a) for each casual worker, with reference to the total ....

Categories: Practice

On 3 July 2017, the draft renewal of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for SMEs in the engineering industry was signed by Unionemeccanica, Fim, Fiom and Uilm and involves about 300 thousand workers. The draft specifies that (i) the Agreement will last four years and expire on 31 October 2020; (ii) the contractual increases will be ....

Categories: Practice

The Personal Data Protection Authority issued Order no. 247/2017 in response to a request for preliminary verification, lodged by a company working in the field of refuse collection and concerning a system of geolocation installed on vehicles and mobile equipment used by employees. The aim of this system was to ensure a safer, more organised ....

Categories: Case Law

The Bologna Employment Tribunal, with its decision no. 734 of 7 July 2017 under Art. 1 of Italian Law no. 92/201, confirmed the order issued during the summary case hearing and declared as lawful the dismissal for just cause of an employee who had been absent from work for a continuous period of 3 weeks, ....