Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Italy which reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Italy: Unfair dismissal for disclosure of confidential files
Agreeing with the decision of the Court of Appeal, Italy’s Supreme Court has ruled that the dismissal of an employee for sending numerous confidential business files to his lawyer was unlawful …
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Italy: Ruling on disciplinary proceedings during sick leave
The Italian Court of Cassation has issued a decision concerning termination for a justifiable reason following a disciplinary procedure that occurred when the employee in question was on sick leave …
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Italy: New decree for SMEs on health and safety management
The Italian Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Enrico Giovannini, has signed a new decree simplifying the legal obligations of small and medium-sized companies that agree to adopt a health and safety management model (MOG) to prevent criminal activity arising from non-compliance with preventive accident measures …
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Italy: New Code for labour inspectors
Italy has approved a new Code of conduct for labour inspectors, which replaces a previous Code from 2006 …
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Italy: Certification of compliance with labour laws
The Ministry of Labour and Social Policy in Italy has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Council of Labour Consultants (the Council) for the issuing of statements of labour law compliance …
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Italy: Measures for youth employment
Italy is implementing measures to fight youth unemployment within the framework of Decree 76/2013, which was voted in this August …
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Italy: Dismissal for misuse of work time and equipment upheld
The Supreme Court of Italy has ruled that it was legitimate for a worker to be dismissed for playing games on the office computer during working hours …
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Italy: Dismissal for poor performance justified
In a recent case, the Supreme Court of Italy has confirmed that a slow pace of work and insubordination can justify dismissal …
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Italy: Stability law generally positive for employers
The draft Stability Law 2014 — approved 10 days ago by the Italian government — is now before the Senate …
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Italy: Joint responsibility for demotion on transfer of business
A recent decision from the Italian Supreme Court has confirmed that (illegitimate) professional demotion of an employee on the transfer of a business should be compensated jointly by the transferor and the transferee …
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