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Unless otherwise established in the collective bargaining agreements, no more than 20% of employees out of the total number of open term employees can be hired under a fixed-term agreement effective from 1 June of the hiring year. Exceeding this quota leads to an administrative fine of: (i) 20% of the salary paid, for each ....

Law decree No. 25 has been converted into Law No. 49 dated 20 April with which, among other things, on the topic of tender contracts, the benefit of prior discussion of the main debtor (introduced in 2012) has been abolished. Therefore, the client may be attacked even before the contractor for any wage claims, social ....

Pursuant to article 2103 of the Italian Civil Code as recently reformed, the employer can enter into an individual settlement agreement with the employee – to be signed in front of public authorities – providing for the change of the duties, the legal category of employment and the contractual enrollment as well as the relevant ....

The adoption of a policy regulating the use of IT tools (e.g. Internet, email, tablets and smart phones) made available to the employees in accordance with the provisions of the privacy regulations, allows the employer to use the data collected through such tools for all purposes pertaining to the employment relationship, including the disciplinary ones.

An employer who dismisses an employee enjoying increasing protections can make a settlement offer at the time of the administrative proceedings or when dealings with trade unions and authorities within 60 days from dismissal, for the sole purpose of avoiding lawsuits. The settlement offer would be in the amount of one month’s salary as per ....