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Art. 8, par. 2-ter, of the Decree called “Milleproroghe” no. 150/2013, approved by the Chamber of Deputies, in the stage of law conversion, provides for that also for the current year the workers who are receiving any kind of unemployment insurances can be employed with the type of so called “accessory work”, provided that the salary is not higher than EUR 3,000 during the solar year, without losing the relevant status and the indemnity paid.

Court of Bergamo, with the sentence no. 941 of December 12, 2013, extended the performances automaticity principle, which ensures to employees the right to receive the retirement indemnity also in case the employer omitted to pay the social security contributions accrued, also to coordinates and continuative self employees.

The European Court of Justice, with judgment in Case 596/2012 of February 13, 2014, stated the illegitimacy of the Italian legislation on collective dismissals (Law 223/1991) with reference to the exclusion of executives from the procedure.

The Article 1, paragraph 135 of the Stability Law 2014, provides that - from 1 January 2014 - the employer who requalifies a fixed term employment contract into an open ended one gets back by INPS the additional contribution “Aspi” (the Social Insurance for Employment).

Fines against illegal labor provided for in the Decree called “Destinazione Italia” (Law Decree n. 145/2013).