New employment decree
EMPLOYMENT DECREE No. 34/2014FIXED TERM CONTACT AND APPRENTICESHIP… converted into law last Thursday with important newsA new step towards greater employment flexibility was made last Thursday with the conversion of Law Decree n. 34/2014, which introduced important innovations, especially regarding the fixed term contract (in terms of apprenticeship, in fact, the conversion law has greatly […]
Riforma Fornero in brief
The Fornero labour reform (legislation no. 92/2012) is inspired by the intention to increase work flexibility, both entering and exiting.Regarding incoming flexibility, it is noted that a motive will not be needed for the first fixed-term contract having a duration which does not exceed twelve months (extensions not permitted). The maximum duration of the fixed-term […]
How to avoid the transformation of limited time contracts into unlimited time contracts
Ministry of Labour Circular 35/13, published on August 29, 2013, declared that it is also possible to extend acausal contracts (lasting up to 12 months) which were signed before June 28, 2013, the date upon which Law Decree 76/13 came into force.Such extension can only take place once, and it is limited to professional activities […]
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 […]