DLP Insights

INPS, with note no. 1653 of January 29, 2014, clarified that employers interested in providing incentives to leave to employees near to retirement, as provided by Fornero Reform, have to submit the relevant request online through the company's electronic file, selecting in the voice "object" the name "Exodus employees near to retirement", also delivering the form SC/77 to the NPS office competent for the social security contributions.

The article 14 of Law Decree "destination Italy", into force since 24 December 2013, has heavily increased the penalties for undeclared and irregular employment and the violations of rules on daily and weekly rests and working time.

Court of Cassation, with sentence dated November 5, 2013 and filed on January 17, 2014, stated that severance payment accrued by the employee during the ordinary layoff intervention has a social security nature, and not a retributive one.

Court of Rome, with sentence of January 9, 2014, stated that fixed-term staff leasing is lawful “against any justification, even having not temporary character, regarding the company activity”.

On January 15, 2014, the Minister of Labour and Welfare State, Mr. Enrico Giovannini, and the president of the National Council of the Order of labour consultants, Marina Calderone, signed a memorandum of understanding that will enable the labour consultants to certify the regularity of the companies in matter of contribution and wage.