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With its ruling no. 20068 of 7 October 2015, the Cassation Court confirmed that the dies a quo for the start of the 180 days for filing an appeal coincide with the date when a letter is sent by the employee challenging the employer’s dismissal and not the date the employer receives such letter. This ....

With its ruling no. 20440 of 12 October 2015, the Court of Cassation declared a dismissal of an employee by an employer lawful, after having ascertained – based on records from a GPS installed on a company car, as well as on the basis of results from investigations, – that the employee left the company ....

With the sentence filed last 30 September, the Court of Rome ruled for the first time on the reform of job duties introduced with the Legislative Decree no. 81/2015 implementing the Jobs Act, providing its interpretation on the matter. According to the Court job downgrading constitutes a type of “permanent illegality”, which is implemented and ....

On 15 October 2015 the Council of Ministers approved the draft law concerning the financial maneuver expected for the year 2016 (so-called stability law). The text effects employment policy (i) confirming tax breaks for new hirings with open end contract, even if the benefit will only be for two years, with annual ceiling halved, which ....

With its order no.345 of 4 June 2015, the Authority for Privacy, ruled on the issue of remote control of workers’ activities. Specifically, the order in question confirmed that the employer cannot keep Skype conversations of employees, not even to document conduct harmful to the company including if the employee leaves the Skype icon enabled ....

With its ruling no. 19465 of 2015 the Cassation Court returned to decide on the limits to the irreducibility of salary principle granted to the worker.

Job Act: The labour reform changes the rules for mandatory employment. Numerous new measures regarding mandatory employment of people with disabilities were introduced by Legislative Decree 151/2015, which became effective 24 September.

With its ruling 16592 of 7 August 2015, the Cassation Court declared disciplinary sanction null, specifically a fine, imposed by a clothing company on a salesperson who did not go to work the day of Epiphany, which at the time was during the week. According to the Cassation Court the worker, in accordance with article ....