DLP Insights

By Order no. 40409/2021 dated 28 October 2021, lodged on 16 December 2021, the Court of Cassation reconfirmed the general principle that as collective agreements governed by ordinary law are an expression of the negotiating autonomy of the parties to the agreement, they must be considered valid and effective only within the time period agreed ....

On 7 December, the social partners and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies signed the “National Protocol on remote working” (the “Protocol“). As stated in the introduction, the protocol“establishes the reference framework for the definition of remote working by expressing guidelines for national, corporate and local collective bargaining in compliance with the legal framework ....

With ruling no. 2629 of 10 November 2021, the Court of Milan considers that the dismissal prohibition introduced by the emergency legislation applies to executives. Facts of the case With an appeal under art. 414 of the Italian Code of Civil Procedure, an executive requested the Court of Milan to ascertain and declare the nullity ....

On 24 December 2021, Decree Law 221, entitled “Extension of the state of national emergency and further measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic” (the “Decree“), was published in the Official Gazette, effective from 25 December. Because of the health risk associated with the spread of COVID-19, the state of emergency declared by ....

Law 17 December 2021, no. 215 converting Law Decree 21 October 2021, no. 146 in force since 21 December (known as “Fiscal Decree”), to counter evasion during occasional self-employment, introduced an amendment to Legislative Decree no. 81/2008 providing for the obligation of prior reporting. The following is required: “To monitor activities of occasional self-employed workers ....