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With the press release of 28 November, the Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy publicised the ministerial decree of 20 October 2022 which defines the criteria and procedures for granting the tax exemption for private employers who obtain the certification of gender equality introduced into our legal system by Italian Law No 162/2021.   This ....

In the event of repeated absences – which have not exceeded the limit of the protected period – the onus is on the employer to prove the additional reasons justifying the dismissal. Dismissal based on an employee’s repeated absences from the workplace on days close to rest days and/or public holidays constitutes an unfair and ....

The Reform of the Civil Proceedings, (Italian Legislative Decree No 149 of 10 October 2022) will extend, with effect from 30 June 2023, the ‘assisted negotiation’ procedure to employment disputes. From that date the employer and employee, if assisted by lawyers or employment consultants, will be able to sign final and non-appealable conciliation minutes (in ....

In Italy the Golfo-Mosca law requires that 40% of the boards of listed companies are made up of the underrepresented sex. But that’s not all. Here’s everything a company needs to know to comply with gender equality laws Raviele: “In Italy, as in Europe, the principle of gender equality has historic origins. The first source ....

We Wealth with the support of Chiara Torino (partner of Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo) and Stefania Raviele (salary partner of De Luca & Partners) has developed the European map of gender equality regulations. Here are the new rules for listed and unlisted companies, from women at the top to the gender pay gap. The European ....

The Italian Government has a new deadline to adopt the necessary legislation to implement Directive (UE) no. 2019/1937 concerning “the protection of persons who report Union law violations” (the “Directive”), since the December 17, 2021, deadline has been missed.   In particular, according to the Law no. 127/2022 entered into force on September 10, 2022, the ....

By order no. 25055 of 22 August 2022, the Italian Court of Cassation has affirmed that in case of transfer of a business – or parts thereof – concerning companies that are in a crisis, or which have been subjected to special administration, when the activity continues or, however, is not terminated, an agreement reached ....

On 17 October 2022, Italian Legislative Decree No 149/2022, implementing Italian Delegated Law No 206/2021, was published in the Italian Official Gazette, under which the reform of the civil litigation proceedings is also extended to the rules governing employment proceedings. The objective is to reorganise and consolidate the various changes that, in recent years, have ....