Limited contracts and innovative start up
Innovative start-ups are corporations (and cooperatives) which are new or recently established, have their main office and market in Italy, shares which are owned mostly by physical persons, their company objectives oriented towards development and production or commercialization of innovative or highly technological products and services.New Development Decree 2.0 (Conversion Law number 221 of December […]
Durc (tax and wage compliance certificate)
With the ruling 33/2013 of 11th December 2013, the Ministry of Labour provides clarification with regard to the correct interpretation of D. M. October 24, 2007 on the “methods of issuing, the analytical contents of the tax and wage compliance certificate””.Following the request made by the National Council of Labour Consultants on the correct identification […]
If you record me I will fire you … even if you feel bullied
Court of Appeal – Labour Division – Sentence October 2nd – November 21st of 2013 no. 26143The dismissal of those who record the conversations of their colleagues without their knowledge is legitimate. For this reason the Labour division of the Court of Appeal has confirmed, with the sentence of October 2nd – November 21st of […]
Representation: confederal-confindustria agreement
Confindustria and confederate trade unions have signed a Consolidated Law on Representation, which, as delivered in their joint statement, “constitutes a true and unique law on the subject of trade union representation composed of four parts which regulate: the measurement of union representation at national and company level; the methods aimed at guaranteeing the effective […]
If a person gets fired and then rehired, there is no deduction from his or her pension plan
Supreme Court – Civil Section VI – Ordinance of January 28, 2014 no. 1725In the case of illegitimate redundancy, the employer cannot deduct the worker’s retirement pension money from the amount due for compensation for damages, pension money which, after having been rehired, the worker will give back to the employer such that it will […]
Height and discrimination
NO DISCRIMINATIONBeing short is no obstacle to being a train conductorThe Supreme Court reassures vertically challenged workers by ruling that they can perform duties such as being the service manager on trains, even those who are less than one metre sixty in height. This is evident from sentence no. 25734 of 15-11-2013, with which the […]
Repeal: dressing time to be compensated for
The time required to get dressed into the mandatory work clothing, provided by the employer, must be remunerated when the task is organised by the employer and carried out on the pre-established company premises.This activity is in fact part of a preparatory phase, relating to supplementary and apparatus activities, to be carried out under business […]
New jurisprudential orientation: death must always be compensated for
The jurisprudence of the Supreme Court regarding thanatological damage (for the loss of a life) changes courseIt was primarily maintained that should someone lose their life suddenly, they would not be entitles to any compensation from the manager and couldn’t transmit their right that hasn’t had time to mature while living. Only those who have […]
Administration on-call
FLEXIBLE WORKADMINISTRATION “ON-CALL”The new National Labour Contract for administration businesses allows for temporary and “on-call”” administrationA new step has been taken towards even more work relationship flexibility with the new article 51 of the agreement on CCNL renewal for administration companies that forecast experimentally, for tourism sectors, large-scale organised distribution, food logistics, agriculture, telecommunications and […]
Anti-paedophilia regulation
WORK IN DIRECT AND REGULAR CONTACT WITH MINORSThe employer must request the certificationValid only for employments succeeding April 7thLegislative decree no. 39/2014 obligates the employer to acquire the penal certificate of employees involved in activities involving direct and regular contact with minors. The certificate, which needs to be requested from the Judicial Records present at […]