The Menichetti Law Firm winner at the Le Fonti Awards 2014
LE FONTI AWARDSTHE MENICHETTI LAW FIRM WINSBoutique of Excellence Best Legal Firm – Labour LawThe fourth edition of the International Le Fonti Awards took place on Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 at the prestigious Mezzanotte Palace hall in Milan, the headquarters of the Borsa Italiana (Italian stock-exchange). The awards are promoted by the Gruppo Editrice Le […]
Contributory omission and unjust dismissal
ONLY IN THE CASE WHERE DISMISSAL IS DECLARED NULL OR INEFFECTIVE SHALL SANCTIONS BEGIN FOR CONTRIBUTORY OMISSION.Said sanctions do not occur in case of dismissal without just cause or a justified motiveThe united divisions of the Court of Appeal, with sentence no. 19665 of September 18th, 2014, have established that even in relation to dismissals […]
The employee who commits more disciplinary offences punishable by conservative sanctions may be dismissed
One can justifiably dismiss an employee who has committed shortcomings punishable solely with conservative sanctions, if done individually and under the applicable collective agreement.The Court of Appeal has established this with sentence August 3rd ,2017 no. 16217.The judges’ decision in favour of the legitimacy of the dismissal for multiple shortcomings had been challenged before the […]
Jobs Act ” act II: increasing protections
In relation to the jobs reform known as Jobs Acts, there have been legislative decrees issued on the matter:1) increasing protection contracts (new regulation on dismissal for future open-ended employment contracts);2) new Aspi (social security nets reform in cases of unemployment).Whilst the latter (also known as NASPI) changes the unemployment supports, the contract with increasing […]
The trade contract has been renewed
Important changes regarding hour-flexibility and fixed-term contracts.On 30.3.2015 CONFCOMMERCIO, FILCAMS – CGIL, FISASCAT – CISL, UILTUCS – UIL signed the agreement hypothesis for the renewal of the c.c.n.l of Tertiary Trade and Services, which has been active since April 1st 2015, with validity up until December 31st of 2017.Among the changes, there has been a […]
When one may dismiss a disabled employee
The Appeal (sentence 10576/17) has recently declared the dismissal of a disabled employee due to worsening of health conditions as unlawful, obligatorily accepted under legislation 68/99, as it is only arranged on the basis of the judgement of unsuitability expressed by the specialist doctor to the duties, without the consent of the medical commission ex […]
Video surveillance only with Trade Union agreement
Companies can install video cameras that involve controlling work activities only with the agreement from the Trade Union or with the alternative administrative authorization provided in article 4. Legislation 300/70. Agreement from all workers involved is not enough. It has been reaffirmed recently by the Supreme Court, with sentence no. 22148 of 2017.
Retaliatory dismissal: a company’s desire to make workers redundant has to be proved
By Sentence number 14456, published on 9 June, 2017, the Supreme Court established that retaliatory dismissal can only be annulled if the worker can prove that the redundancy was based on retaliation: in other words that the worker was fired only as a consequence of his or her undesirable behaviour as perceived by the employer, […]
More privacy in companies from May 2018
In just almost two years, starting May 25th of 2018 companies will have to comply to new European Regulation on personal data protection, which reinforces the protections already provided by Italian laws on privacy. These are the main changes:– the introduction of a company manager, who will need to control the compliance with the privacy […]
Jobs Act also for the self-employed
The new Jobs Act for self-employed workers has introduced new rights and forms of protection in favour of professionals with VAT identification numbers.Among the many novelties, a few outstanding ones are: the rights of professionals to apply an interest rate on arrears (currently 8%) for unpaid bills, and furthermore, the ban on making agreements to […]