Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Italy which reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Italy: Compensation level in the case of a retaliatory dismissal
The Court of Appeal in Brescia has found that if an employee challenges their dismissal on grounds that it was retaliatory, then the compensation payable if they win their case must be limited to a reasonable time before they could find new work …
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Italy: What happens if a collective agreement has no duration limit?
The Supreme Court has found that either party to the agreement may withdraw at any time and the agreement cease to exist …
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Italy: Role reassignment involving demotion
A recent Supreme Court case has found that a Call centre team leader could not be lawfully demoted to an operator under Article 2103 of the Civil Code …
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Italy: Redundancies confined to single production units
Although Article 5 of Law no …
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Italy: Grants to achieve gender equality certification
The Lombardy region has set up a special fund to help SMEs which have an HQ in the region to gain gender equality certification …
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Italy: Transition period may apply to ‘generational relay’ schemes
Employers are often not aware that bilateral solidarity funds exist to assist employees up to 36 months away from retirement to retire early, as long as their job is filled by someone under the age of 36 …
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Italy: Public transport voucher to be granted only to low-salary workers
A new decree law [number 5] has reduced the upper earnings limit for receipt of an annual voucher from 35,000 euros to 20,000 euros a year …
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Italy: Intimidation may prevent a duty being performed?
Even if an employee’s contract, or employer’s policy, required staff to prevent theft, they may not necessarily be dismissed for not performing their duty …
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Italy: Occasional work (OW) facility in the 2023 Budget Law
The new upper limit that can be paid for OW contracts in companies employing up to ten employees is now 10,000 euros …
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Italy: Payments in lieu of notice
The Supreme Court has determined that if an employee is paid in lieu of notice at their point of termination, then the in lieu payment must not be factored into ‘normal pay’ for the purposes of calculating severance pay (TFR) [Case 1581] …
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Italy: Crimes committed prior to employment relationship justify dismissal
An employer may lawfully dismiss an employee for crimes committed in their previous employment …
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Italy: Joint liability for contracted employees’ accidents at work
Employers are jointly liable for the health and safety of contract workers …
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Italy: Fuel bonus voucher system extended into 2023
The fuel bonus voucher system is extended into this year …
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Italy: Vodafone reorganisation in the face of intense competition and high volatility
The telecoms industry is on the brink of a huge shake up, but winners and losers may be largely determined by the sheer weight of high level digital skills a company can fall back upon …
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Italy: Reinstatement for unsubstantiated dismissals
The old default reversion to reinstatement has not gone away …
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