Case Law

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The Court of Cassation, in its judgement No. 25147 dated 24 October 2017, deemed lawful the dismissal for just cause ordered to an employee who downloaded company data (not password-protected) on a personal pen driver, without disclosing them to third parties. According to the Court, indeed the fact that the employee had not disclosed the ....

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The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 27933 dated 23 November 2017, returned to issue its ruling on the issue concerning the taxation applicability of the amounts paid by the employer as part of a settlement agreement signed with the employee within the employment relationship. In particular, according to the Court of Cassation, in order ....

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The Court of Brescia, with its judgement dated 3 November 2017, has declared lawful a dismissal ordered to a female employee due to her failure to successfully overcome the probation period. In particular, the employee claimed that probation period agreement attached to the job contract was void due to the undefined tasks assigned, since she ....

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The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 27206/2017, has declared lawful the decision of a local health unit (ASL) to impose to one of its managers, close to retirement due to reaching the pensionable age, the use of vacation leave and non-used paid leaves, as established by the contractual obligations, also in order to prevent ....

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The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 27093 dated 15 November 2017 issued during a Plenary Sitting, intervened on the matter of travel allowance and related taxability and contributory regime. The Supreme Court, overruling its previous stance, consolidated as from judgement No. 396/2012, stated that “habitual travel allowances, payable to operators who, by contract, must ....