DLP Insights

The Court of Cassation specified that, regarding civil sanctions deriving from social security contribution omissions, Law n. 388/2000, repealing in part the principle of “tempus regit actum”, ratified the generalized enforcement of the sanction system, provided for by Law no. 662/1996, to all the contributory omissions, carried out at any time, as long as they exist and if they are verified by September 30th, 2000.

EU Court of Justice obliged Italy to raise women’s retirement age for old-age pension in the public sector, to make it equal to the one established for men, starting from 2012.

Constitutional Court, with the sentence no. 334/2010, has specified that age limit for compulsory education has been set at 16 years old by national legislator and, therefore, it is forbidden to Regions to reduce it in the regulation of apprenticeship and professional training.

The Minister of Labor, Maurizio Sacconi, decided to prepare the reform of the so called “Statuto dei Lavoratori” (Law no. 300/1970) through the sending to the unions and management of a subordinated legislation bill (“disegno di legge delega”) necessary for framing a new unified, rationalized and simplified text containing labor law provisions.

The assessment of the linked-to-work risks will be compulsory starting from January 1st 2011.