Case Law

Court of Cassation, with the sentence no. 9644 of the June 13th, 2012, stated that with reference to the disciplinary sanctions the advertising guarantee of the disciplinary code through the post accessible to everyone, is not applied in case the disciplinary proceeding is referred to circumstances regarding a breach of basic duties related to the employment relationship.

The Court of Cassation, with judgment No. 9199/2012, stated that the employer should not simply adopt safety measures at work suggested by the fully-developed technology, but has also to supervise that these measures are applied by the employees.

The Court of Rome, with sentence no. 8841 of May 15th, 2012, stated that the suspension - provided for by the Law no. 10/2011 (law which converted the so called “Decreto Milleproroghe”) - until December 31st, 2011 of the new terms of claiming, established by the art. 32 of Law no. 183/2010 (so called “Collegato Lavoro”), is not referred to the flexible contracts (among others, staff leasing contracts, fixed-term contracts and contracts on project basis).

Court of Cassation, with sentence no. 5241/2012, specified that companies which did not execute the risks assessment may not enter into fixed-term contracts.

Court of Cassation, with the decree no. 6721 of 4th May 2012, as opposed to the previous case-law orientation stated from the United Sections of the Supreme Court, specified that, in order to challenge the collection notice issued on a measure notified by mistake, it is necessary to trigger a formal claim challenging the both deeds.