DLP Insights

Court of Cassation (sentence no. 23933/2010) and Ministry of Labor (note no. 1, February 2, 2011) clarified some terms and conditions of secondment, regulated by Article 30, Legislative Decree no. 276/2003.

With Law Decree no. 5/2011, the Italian Council of Ministry confirmed that next 17th March 2011 shall be a national holiday, for the 150th years from Italy Unity.

Memorandum no. 3 of Minister of Labor and Italian Revenue Agency established that the tax reduced rate (10%), applicable up to 6,000 Euro salary, is levied to the employees of the private sector who do not earn more than 40,000 Euro gross in 2010 and for the part of the salary connected with productivity increases.

With the approval by the Senate of the Law Decree “Milleproroghe”, deadlines for dismissal challenges are postponed.

Court of Cassation stated that, in case of dismissal for just cause, employer has to prove that the employee’s behaviour has damaged the trust beneath the employment relationship, in order to legitimate the measure.