DLP Insights

The Ministry of Labour, with memorandum No. 10/2011, gave a broad interpretation of the provisions of the so called “Collegato Lavoro” (Law No. 183/2010) concerning the sanctions application.

Certification of employment contracts may help to prevent litigation on labour issues only when it is used in a way coherent with its own aims, clearly set in the Law Decree no. 276/2003.

On March 22, 2011 the Decree of the President of the Ministers’ Council (D.P.C.M.) n. 275/2010 became effective. The mentioned decree carried into effect the provision of Article 2, paragraph 3, Law no. 241/1990, related to the duration of the administrative proceedings of the Ministry of Labor not exceeding ninety days.

Court of Cassation, with sentence no. 6102/11, has stated that if the contributor is untraceable, the notification of tax assessment is correctly executed with the posting of the communication on the local notice board.

Confindustria and Cgil, Cisl and Uil – according to the agreement dated March 8th on the guidelines that can be applied at a local level by companies enrolled in Confindustria – are setting local agreements which are the assumption for the enforcement of the favourable taxation equal to 10% on wage elements linked to competitiveness and productivity.