DLP Insights

The Supreme Court, with the order no. 17720/2010, stated that the minutes of the social security institutions’ officials are to be considered as evidence of the circumstances that the officials certify as occurred in their presence, whereas, with reference to the other circumstances indicated, the probative material is valuable and appreciable by the judge.

After one year by the enacting of the Law Decree no. 78/2009 (Law no. 102/2009) concerning provisions against the economic shortage, the rules to make effectiveness the specific provisions on the preservation of the job have been specified by INPS, with the message no. 20810/2010, concerning the social contributions profiles matters, and by INAIL, with the note dated 2nd July 2010, concerning the calculation of the insurance bonus.

The Court of Cassation stated that the employer is entitled to refuse to hire a disabled worker whether if the latter has an employment status different from the one required by the employer itself or just a “similar” status, i.e. not exactly equal to the one requested.

The Ministry of Labour, answering to questioning no. 20/10, confirmed that, in case of transfer of business, the social security contribution’s reliefs set forth under art. 8, par. 9, L. no. 407/90 will automatically pass from the transferor to the transferee for the residual part and until the expiration.

INPS, with memorandum no. 99/10, clarified the operating instructions to be applied to the new discipline of the abroad detachment of employee, as introduced by the EU Regulations no. 883/04 and 987/09 became effective from 1 May 2010.