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Categories: Legislation
The Chamber of Deputies has approved the Jobs Act. The bill is expected to receive final approval in early December.
Categories: Legislation
On 25 November 2014, art. 16 of Law 161/2014 entered into force. It brings Italian legislation into conformity with Directive 98/59/EC by including managers and their trade unions, which had previously been excluded, among the subjects to which the collective redundancy procedure applies in Italy as well.
Categories: Legislation
Employers may use data concerning their employees that are found on social networks. This has been established by the Privacy Authority and the judiciary.
Categories: Legislation
Starting 1 January 2015, the economic treatment that relates to persons who were dismissed as a result of a staff-reduction procedure and that is covered by the application of redundancy schemes will suffer a significant reduction.
Categories: Case Law
In Judgment No. 24525/2014, the Court of Cassation held that it is permissible to reinstate a dismissal voided for failure to observe the respite period by issuing a new act of dismissal based on the same conditions, where the employee gives notice of a new period of illness.
