Categories: Case Law
With its judgment No. 1350 of 26 January 2016, the Court of Cassation has held that a disciplinary sanction inflicted on an employee who, upon industrial unrest, had refused to substitute an absent colleague within a time frame outside normal working hours, regardless of an express obligation included in the trade-union agreement, is lawful. The ....
Categories: Legislation
On 28 January 2016, the Council of Ministers passed, amongst others, the bill conveying measures for protecting non-entrepreneurial self-employment. The regulation at issue must follow the procedure to enact a bill, in order for it to enter into force. Such regulation was announced as the professional Self-employment’s statute, since it is the first unitary text ....
Categories: Legislation
Amongst the main new developments introduced by the Stability Law for 2016, the amendments made to article 51 of the Consolidated Tax Act (TUIR) are particularly important. In particular, the measures foresee a personal income tax (IRPEF) exemption for: (i) supplies and services (aimed at education, training, leisure, welfare services and health care, religion) which, ....
Categories: Practice
With its circular No. 3 of 1 February 2016, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies has given its own inspectors the first operational instructions on the new rules on freelance work coordinated by an employer, as per Legislative Decree No. 81/2015. In particular, the Ministry has dwelled upon the so-called heter-organisation issue, by considering ....
Categories: Practice
As regards the employment targeted at the disabled, Legislative Decree No. 151/2015 has introduced some new developments on the so-called ‘reserve quota’, partial exemptions, mandatory hiring procedures, automatic compensation for public employers and implementation of the so-called ‘Targeted employment database‘. Therefore, in order to enable the adjustment of the IT systems and ensure a full ....
