DLP Insights

With circular n. 22350 of 18 December 2015 the Ministry of Labour made some changes to the forms currently used in order to verify in a more thorough way the validity of resignations by working mothers and working fathers (but also agreed terminations), starting from 2016. This control confirms the desire to oppose the phenomenon ....

With its order no.345 of 4 June 2015, the Authority for Privacy, ruled on the issue of remote control of workers’ activities. Specifically, the order in question confirmed that the employer cannot keep Skype conversations of employees, not even to document conduct harmful to the company including if the employee leaves the Skype icon enabled ....

On 15 October 2015, after just 24 hours of negotiations and more than two months before the expiration date of the current contract, scheduled for 15 December, the hypothesis was signed for renewal of the national collective contract for 2016-2018 for employees of the chemical-pharmaceutical sector. The agreement on one hand confirms the central nature ....

With the enactment of the “Laws overhauling contracts”, namely Italian Legislative Decree no. 81/2015, a new phase is starting in contractual dynamics and trade union bargaining. There is a significant expansion of the areas where second level agreements can deviate from the general rules of various contractual regulations thus allowing employers to adapt them to ....

Autumn 2015 looks like it is going to be a hot one as negotiations are set to start for the renewal of 23 different national collective contracts. The renewal of the most important contracts includes the metalworking sector and chemical-pharmaceutical industry. The negotiations will take place in a context where important employment-related legal reforms have ....