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On 21 December 2018, the National Association for Labour Agencies (Assolavoro) and the industry unions (Felsa, CISL, Nidil, CIGL, UIL Temp) signed a draft for the renewal of the national collective bargaining agreement for the Staff Leasing Agencies Sector (the “Draft”) Let’s review some of the main new developments. Provisions to favour the occupational continuity ....
On 16 November 2018, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) – the EU body that replaced the previous so-called WP29, in charge of the consistent application of the Regulation 2016/679/EU (“GDPR” or “Regulation”) and consisting of the person in charge of each data protection authority and the European Data Protection Authority – adopted a new ....
The Labour Division of the Supreme Court of Cassation, with ruling no. 31159 published on 3 December 2018, stated that when carrying out different tasks from those established in the probation period, dismissal of the employee due to failure to successfully pass the probation period, whenever unlawful, does not lead to the reintegration but to ....
A worker was dismissed also on the basis of previous disciplinary offences. Nevertheless, the previous examples were not included in the employer’s disciplinary notice with a view to substantiating the existence of repeated misconduct, but were merely referred to in the notice of dismissal to provide support regarding the harm caused to their relationship of ....
Using a peculiar argument, the Court of Cassation, with judgment no. 31763 of 7 December 2018 ruled on the possibility to consider the inconvenience caused by continuous and repeated sick leaves as grounds for dismissal for a justified objective reason. The case at hand revolves around the dismissal served on an employee who had been ....
Legislative Decree 231/2001 introduced for the first time into the Italian legal system the possibility for a corporation to be fined (monetarily and with disqualification penalties) when specific offences (predicate offences) are committed – to its own advantage or in its interest – by top managers or their subordinates. However, the Decree includes an exonerating ....
A serious threat made by an employee against his immediate superior constitutes a breach of the duties of cooperation, loyalty and subordination and sufficient grounds for dismissal for just cause. This is the principle of law confirmed on 3 December in the Court of Cassation judgement No. 31155/2018. The case analysed arose from the disciplinary ....
At a time of great change, we wished to reward the companies that implemented innovative projects in the field of human resources, with the hope of contributing to the dissemination and emulation of best practices. This is how Vittorio De Luca, Managing Partner of De Luca & Partners, explained the spirit of the Excellence & ....
