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If a court orders reinstatement of a job under the notorious Article 18(1) of the Workers Statute, an employer is required to issue an invitation to a worker to resume work within 30 days …

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In Italy any employee who is dismissed (with the exception of construction and sports workers) gives rise to a lump sum social security “contribution” to the INPS …

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An employee who has been engaged in working abroad and is subject to termination whilst still engaged on their Italian employment contract will still qualify for severance in the form of returned TFR contributions …

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The liability of an employer for a stressful working environment can be readily established at law, even if it cannot be demonstrated that an employee has been the victim of mobbing …

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An employee committed “irreparable damage to the fiduciary bond at the basis of the employment relationship” when they made wild accusations against their employer in the presence of colleagues …

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The Supreme Court has declared that if an employee is formally on sick leave for one job, but found to be working elsewhere, then the employer regarding them as sick and unable to work may dismiss them, even if they return to work as soon as the sick leave authorization ends [Case 1472 15th January 2024] …

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The National Labour Inspectorate has warned companies which use outside contractors to address environmental issues as well as incorporate health and safety requirements into labour contracts …

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The Italian Guarantor for the Protection of Personal Data has served a notice against the system “ChatGPT” relating to a whole string of alleged infringements of the law …

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If an employee requests annual leave immediately following a period of sickness absence and then resumes sick leave as soon as they are due to return to work, then if their employer counts the intermediate leave as part of the sick leave they do not have justification for using its incidence as a basis for dismissal [Supreme Court: Case 582 1 …

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The public social security fund INPS has underlined that a 13th month salary payment does not qualify for the contribution exemption …

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The Supreme Court has found that the dismissal of an employee for taking absence without leave was legitimate after disciplinary action commenced 20 days from the date when the absence commenced …

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The Supreme Court has established that a company has no right to transfer an employee back to their original work location if they had been originally transferred to be closer to a disabled family member (under Law no …

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Companies that increase the level of their permanent employees in 2024 will be entitled to a reduction in their (irpef and ires) tax liability in relation to the cost of the increase in employment achieved …

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No judicial interference may exist to limit the prerogative of an employer to organise their business …

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The Italian government has increased the annual tax-free sum that may be paid employees in kind from its standard rate of €258 …

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