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An employer may make an application to the wage guarantee fund (cassa integrazione guadagni ordinaria, “CIGO”) if outside temperature climb to above 35 degrees centigrade …

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The Supreme Court has ruled that holiday pay must include all those allowances due during a normal work period …

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If an employer dismisses an employee for “just cause” they may not deny the payment of compensation for leave entitlement that was not taken …

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Even if it is technically possible to operate an automated decision making system in the workplace without the need for human intervention, companies should build in at least a nominal role for involvement of human operators or technicians …

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It is unlawful to monitor an employee’s emails in order to detect unlawful acts, and only lawful to selectively review past emails to determine if wrongdoing has actually taken place …

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The Supreme Court has ruled that a video filmed by an onlooker that was subsequently posted onto ‘YouTube’ did constitute evidence justifying dismissal of a bus driver …

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The Court in Cuneo (in north-west Italy) has determined that WhatsApp messages may legitimately constitute evidence that an employee has been required to perform higher level skills …

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Two recent cases have considered the extent to which an employer must seek alternative employment when undertaking a redundancy exercise …

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An employment Decree (48/2023) has introduced a new requirement for employers to state a reason for extending a fixed-term contract from day one of the extension …

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The Supreme Court has found an employee’s dismissal was valid because he did not personally notify his employer of the absence at the earliest opportunity …

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Although the latest additional reduction in social security contributions covering July to December 2023 is over and above the previous reduction made for the whole of 2023, it only applies to those with salaries up to €35,000 (US$38,396) pa …

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The Italian Social Security Agency (INPS) has clarified that working fathers, who take mandatory paternity leave, are entitled to public unemployment benefits if they resign before their child is one year old [Circular number 32 of 03-20-2023] …

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If an employer discovers that an employee committed a sexual assault against a minor, even though the offence was many years ago, then they have the right to dismiss the employee concerned …

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Article 32 of Legislative Decree no …

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The Supreme Court has differentiated between offensive comments made during a meeting and those set down in an email …

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