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On 20 June 2017, the C.C.N.L. for the goldsmithing, silversmithing and jewellery sectors was signed. The C.C.N.L. that will be valid until 30 June 2020, introduces several new elements. First of all, the contractual minimums have been increased effective from June 2017 and for subsequent years they will be adjusted on the basis of the ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 12804 dated 22 May 2017, stated that a disciplinary measure can be applied to any employee who photocopies material representing company know-how, even if such activity is carried out to protect the employee’s right in a legal proceeding. In the specific case, the employee, first disciplined and then ....

The Court of Cassation, by judgement No. 13799 dated 31 May 2017, intervened in the case of a dismissal for just cause issued against an employee who had posted on Facebook a few comments against her employer company as well as against her legal representative. In the specific case, the company was ordered at the ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 14175/2017, stated once again that, for the purpose of calculating the employment demand and verifying the company’s reasons for dismissal, a single centre of interest to which the employment relationship must be addressed applies only in the case of fraudulent splitting demonstrated in the context of different companies ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 11895/2017, in declaring unlawful the disciplinary dismissal stated that, in the context of a procedure under art. 7 of Law No. 300/1970, an oral hearing requested by the worker constitutes a prerequisite of his/her right of defence. The Court of Cassation has also clarified that this “unfailing procedural ....