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Court of Cassation, judgment no. 18046 of August 20, 2014, confirmed the case-law guideline based on which irregular staff leasing is subject to the sanction introduced by Law 183/2010: if the work relationship turns into an undetermined contract as a consequence of an irregular staff leasing, the worker is entitled to damages ranging from 2,5 and 12 monthly installments of the last overall compensation.

INPS, with circular no. 98 of August 6, 2014, stated that the applications for benefits provided for the recruitment of unemployed that took place in 2012, should be submitted by September 30, 2014.

INPS, with communication issued on its website, specified that unemployment indemnity timeframes are not considered in the calculation of the threshold for the completion of the contributive requirement, set for by law, for being entitled to benefit ASPI.

The renewal of the collective economic agreement for agents and representatives of the industrial sector was signed on July 30, 2014.

Labour Ministry, with note no. 18/14 of July 30, provided for first operational guidelines on the news introduced by Law Decree no. 34/2014 regarding fixed term contracts, staff leasing and apprenticeship.

On June 27, 2014, the Ministry of Labour asked Regions and Autonomous Provinces in 2014 not to reach agreements in 2014 for Exceptional Redundancy Fund (so called “CIG in deroga”) with a duration higher than eight months.

Three days paid leaves per month to look after relatives with serious disability can be asked also for relatives and relatives in-law until third degree if the disabled person has not a spouse or parents who can look after him/her.

Fixed term contracts entered into with Executives do not account as regards the 20% threshold, introduced by the so-called "Jobs Act".