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De Luca & Partners’ Think Tank manages and coordinates research, training (internal and external) and editorial activities on labour law matters, protection of personal data and administrative liability of entities.

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7 April 2010 • Insights

Dismissal and failed challenge within the terms: the Court of Cassation changes its orientation (Court of Cassation, Labour Section, no. 2676/2010)

The Court of Cassation changed its prevailing stance on the compensation effect of the present missed challenge of dismissal, determining that if the judge can no longer ascertain whether or not the dismissal is legitimate, he must consider preservation of compensation also blocked.

7 April 2010 • Insights

JOB SECURITY AGREEMENTS IMPROVED

Ministry Decree of 17 November 2009 was published in the Official Gazette. It increases the amount of the salary supplement treatment for job security agreements for workers that will receive 60% to 80% of the remuneration lost subsequent to reduced working hours.

7 April 2010 • Insights

Fixed term “sliding” contract (Court of Cassation, Labour Section, no. 23761/2009)

The Court of Cassation stated that in the case of fixed term hiring for the replacement of a worker absent having the right to hold his job (Law no. 230/62), the possibility to replace him by “sliding” another worker implies the existence of a causal type of correlation between the replacement’s activity and that of ....

7 April 2010 • Insights

2009 CONTRIBUTION RELIEF FOR CREATING INCENTIVES FOR LEVEL TWO BARGAINING

Ministry Decree of 17 December 2009 has been published in the Official Gazette. It makes contribution relief on the amounts paid based on company and national collective bargaining expectations for the past year operative.

7 April 2010 • Insights

Remote controls on worker’s personal computers (Court of Cassation, Labour Section, no. 4375/2010)

In intervening on remote controls of company personal computers, the Court of Cassation determined that it is forbidden to install software on said computers that allows controlling accesses to the network of employees and, in general, that are able to perform verification not agreed to with the trade unions and Provincial Labour Office.

7 April 2010 • Insights

RENEWAL OF COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS

The collective agreements of the following sectors have been renewed: Ø tourist; Ø electrical.

7 April 2010 • Insights

Organisational model: no objective responsibility for the company (Preliminary Investigation Magistrate of Milan, Sent. of 17 November 2009)

The Preliminary Investigation Magistrate of Milan for the first time excluded objective responsibility of a company charged with the crime of IT market rigging (art. 2637 of the Civil Code), having considered the organizational model adopted complying with Leg. Decree 231/01.

4 April 2010 • Insights

UNIQUE NOTIFICATION

Effective 1 April 2010 the "Unique Notification for the establishment of enterprise" is mandatory. It was introduced by art. 9 of Law no. 40/07 and must be used for all fulfilments on the Company Register, Tax Agency, INPS (Social Security Admin.) and INAIL (National Insurance against Injuries at Work) for the start up of companies.