Case Law

With its ruling no. 18667 of 6 May 2015, the Court of Cassation confirmed that, for the allegation of an illegal contract it is not sufficient to prove that the customer gave orders to the contractor's employees but it is necessary to investigate the contents of such orders and prove that they regard the provision of work actually performed.

Le Tribunal de Milan, Section Travail, par sentence du 13 novembre 2014, a statué dans une affaire intentée par un travailleur qui contestait le licenciement pour motif objectif justifié intimé suite à l’observation d’une inaptitude physique au déroulement des tâches qui lui avaient été confiées, et exigeait la reconnaissance de la part de la Société employant, ....

With its ruling no. 8784 of 30 April 2015, the Cassation Court declared dismissal of a worker for just cause legitimate in the case of a worker who had requested time off to assist a severely disabled mother as per Italian Law 104/1992 and who, in fact, had gone to a dance.

With its ruling no. 70 of 30 April 2015, the Constitutional Court declared article 24, paragraph 25 of Italian Legislative Decree 201/2011 (so-called Manovra Salva-Italia), converted by Italian Law no. 214/2011 illegitimate, specifically the part which had frozen revaluation of pensions of amounts greater than 1,700 euro gross for the 2012-2013 two year period.

The Milan Court, Labour Section, with ordinance no. 11340 of 15 April 2015, specified that a generic disciplinary dispute prevents the identification of the act which is the basis for the dismissal.