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The probation period associated with an employment agreement must not only be laid out in written form but must also contain specific instructions on the tasks that will be assigned to the employee during the probation period (specificity requirement), or it would be null and void. This is because the right of the employer to ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 20211 published on 7 October 2016, issued its ruling on the matter of dismissal for just cause notified to an employee for having participated in a “violent altercation with a colleague then followed by bodily harm”. In this case, the Court of Cassation confirmed the decision of the ....

The Supreme Court of Cassation with judgement No. 18507 filed on 21 September 2016, intervened again on the sensitive issue of denial of acceptance of the medical certificate attesting to an employee’s illness. In this case, an employee, unable to work for a declared pathology of acute sciatica, was caught by an investigative agency hired ....

The Court of Bergamo, with judgement No. 684 dated 14 September 2016, ruled unlawful to dismiss an employee for having published a photograph on Facebook depicting the employee bracing a firearm. According to the Court, in this case, the employee’s conduct, even if reprehensible, was not serious enough to “debase (…) the fiduciary relationship with ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 18317 dated 19 September 2016, intervened on the topic of dismissal for justified subjective reasons based on poor performance. According to the Supreme Court of Cassation, failure to achieve a specific result is not sufficient evidence for dismissal, but it is also necessary to demonstrate a culpable and ....