Catégories: Case Law
By judgment no. 7313 published on 13 April 2016, the Court of Cassation has ruled that, in order to assess the existence of an accident on the way to and from work in case of use of a bicycle, it is necessary to keep into account not only the distance between home and workplace but ....
Catégories: Case Law
By judgment no. 6265, published on 31 March 2016, the Court of Cassation has sanctioned the principle whereby an employee refusing to transfer may be considered as resigning from employment. In the case in question, the worker had contested the legitimacy of the employer’s order to transfer to another production unit, and refused to comply. ....
Catégories: Case Law
The Court of Cassation, IV Criminal Section, by judgment no. 12683 of 29 March 2016, has ruled that an employer is responsible for any injury caused by inexperience, negligence or imprudence of workers, except in case of absolute irrationality of the behaviour of the latter. In the case at hand, a worker fell disastrously on ....
Catégories: Legislation
On 14 April 2016, the EU Parliament has approved the texts of the Regulation and Directive on personal data protection. The new “data protection package” has the objective of updating the European regulations, which date back to 1995 – that is, to a time when many of the new technologies did not even exist – ....
Catégories: Practice
On 13 April 2016, the Minister of Labour and Social Policies, in agreement with the Minister of the Economy and Finance, has signed the implementing decree sanctioning “subsidized” part-time work as introduced by the 2016 Stability Law, to promote the so-called “active aging”. The decree in question clarifies the methods for employers to notify to ....
