DLP Insights

The Inter-union Agreement, signed on April 24, between Confindustria, on the one hand, and the three main trade union associations (Cgil, Cisl e Uil), on the other, allows companies without internal trade unions to enter into agreements concerning tax reduction in order to apply tax reduction for performance incomes in the measure of 10% for the activity exceeding the ordinary working hours.

The Court of Voghera, with the decision of March 14, 2013, confirmed that when the dismissal for just cause is not proportioned to the employee’s behavior it is unlawful, but implies just a compensation and not the reinstatement if the contested behavior occurred and the collective agreement does not provide a conservative penalty for the employee’s lack.

Court of Cassation, with sentence no. 8863 of April 11, 2013, stated that within a contract of services the employment relationships are not charged on the principal if its employees, having though unlawfully exercised the directive power on the contractor employees’, were not empowered with the necessary powers to behave in the name and on behalf of the company.

The Ministry of Labour, with note no. 7258 dated April 22, 2013, specified that the national collective agreement may introduce derogatory disciplines to the jointly liability but only for wages treatments.

On April 22, the Ministry of Labour publicized the vademecum that represents the summary of the meeting between the General Direction of Ministry Inspective Activity and the National Council of Labour Consultants that took place on February 7 and 8, 2013.