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On 30 March 2017, Legislative Decree No. 38/2017, related to the fight against bribery and corruption in the private sector has been approved. This piece of legislation extends the range of active subjects committing the offence as detailed in art. 2635 of the civil code, including – in addition to those that hold actual key ....

On 19 April 2017, the President of the Council of Ministers signed the decree implementing the so-called “Ape sociale”. This is an experimental measure, effective from 1 May 2017 to 31 December 2018, designed to accompany to retirement disadvantaged workers or those who are under conditions of distress. In particular, the workers who can benefit ....

As known, with decree No. 25/2017, approved in March by the Government and converted into law by Parliament (law No. 49/2017), the regulation regarding casual work has been repealed and, consequently, the abrogative referendum has been cancelled. INPS, with message No. 1652 dated 14 April 2017, has thus issued instructions to guide the operators in ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 8260 dated 30 March 2017, reforming the judgement of the Court of Appeal with jurisdiction in the territory, accepted the complaints of a worker who had signed the minutes of a conciliation meeting at the union’s and then requested them to be voided with the goal of having ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 9395 filed on 12 April 2017, issued a ruling on the dismissal ordered to a disabled employee for exceeding the protected period, declaring the legitimacy of the order. In fact, the Court has confirmed the line of thought according to which absences connected to the status of disability ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 475, filed on 11 January 2017, intervened in the matter of dismissal of working mothers, stating once again that dismissal ordered to a working mother at the beginning of the pregnancy until her child is one year old is void and ineffective. In the specific case, the Court ....

The Court of Milan, with judgement No. 730 dated 8 April 2017, ruled again on the matter of applicable protection in the event of a voided probation clause for those who are hired under a contract with growing protections. In the matter in hand, a female worker was notified of termination due to failed passing ....

Law decree No. 25 has been converted into Law No. 49 dated 20 April with which, among other things, on the topic of tender contracts, the benefit of prior discussion of the main debtor (introduced in 2012) has been abolished. Therefore, the client may be attacked even before the contractor for any wage claims, social ....