DLP Insights

Law no. 208 (so called « Stability Law for 2016 »), issued on December 28, 2015, entered into force on January 1st, 2016. Such Law confirms exiting measures for reduction of the tax wedge on employment and, in the meanwhile, introduces new ones. Significant novelties have been also introduced in relation to social security contribution and social ....

La Cour d’appel de Milan, Division du travail, par jugement n°780 du 5 octobre 2015, confirmant la décision du tribunal de première instance, a déclaré légitime le licenciement pour dépassement du congé maladie d’un travailleur survenu plus d’un an après l’expiration du congé maladie et après une période de maladie ininterrompue. La Cour d’appel, en rejetant ....

With ruling n. 48328/2015 the Court of Appeal, second criminal section, made it clear that the commission of offences cannot be ruled out if the collective absence is covered by medical certificates. In fact, according to the Supreme Court, if there are grounds for suspicion that the protest was based on illegal methods, then criminal ....

Increasing productivity of work by encouraging work-life balance: this is the objective of the Government, which has presented a draft law on smart working. In this paper, which will be released after approval of the Stability Law, one of the two sections deals exclusively with smart working, that is distance work, regardless of the geographical ....

Section 14 of Italian legislative decree 151/2015 has subjected the granting of tax and social security contribution allowances, provided for employment incentives contained in collective corporate or local agreements, to the filing on-line of these agreements with the Local Labour Office having jurisdiction. The new aspect compared to the previous legislative provisions which already provide ....