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12 May 2021 • News, Insights

Appeals Court judge may acquire unfiled documents (Il Quotidiano del lavoro de Il Sole 24 Ore, 12 May 2021 – Vittorio De Luca, Marco Giangrande)

The Appeals Court judge may acquire new documents. The Court of Cassation with its ordinance 11068/2021 ruled on the violation and/or false application of article 414 numbers 4 and 5 and article 420, paragraph 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, in relation to article 360, paragraph 1, number 3 of the same Code, regarding ....

10 May 2021 • News

Interview today with Vittorio De Luca on Affari&Finanza on the topic of vaccinations in the workplace

“The new national protocol for the creation of company plans aimed at activation of extraordinary SARS-COV-2/ Covid-19 vaccination points in workplaces proposes new challenges but also new responsibilities for employers that take part in the project”. The attorney Vittorio De Luca, managing partner of Studio Legale De Luca & Partners specialised in Labour Law and ....

30 April 2021 • Insights

Cassation: union permit used for other purposes may not justify dismissal (Newsletter Norme & Tributi n. 150 Camera di Commercio Italo-Germanica – Vittorio De Luca, Elena Cannone)

The Court, with ruling 6495 of 9/3/2021, as per art. 30 of Law No. 300/1970, confirmed union body members have the right to paid time off for meetings. Use for other purposes can justify dismissal. According to the Court, the abstract relevance for punishing the worker’s conduct requires real verification of its seriousness and consideration ....

28 April 2021 • Insights

Company Transfer: the transferred employee is subject to the supplementary company bargaining agreement of the transferee and not the transferor

The Court of Cassation, in ruling no. 7221 of 15 March 2021, confirmed the legal principle according to which the Company’s supplementary contract, and the right recognised to the employee by company practice, does not survive the change in collective bargaining following the company transfer. Facts of the case A worker employed by a company ....

28 April 2021 • Insights

Termination during the probationary period is null during dismissal prohibition if based on a need to reduce costs

In its 25 March 2021 ruling, The Court of Rome, declared the termination of employment during the probationary period, null and void because it was contrary to the dismissal prohibition for financial reasons, introduced by art. 46 of Decree Law 18/2020 (“Cure Italy Decree”) and confirmed by the emergency legislation that succeeded the Decree, if ....

28 April 2021 • Insights

Revirement of the Court of Rome: dismissal prohibition does not apply to executives

The Court of Rome, in its ruling no. 3605 of 19 April, 2021, ruled on the application of the dismissal prohibition, provided for by art. 46 of the “Cure Italy” decree and confirmed by the emergency measures that followed, to executives. Contrary to the conclusions reached on 26 February, the Court ruled that “the literal ....

28 April 2021 • Insights

There is no violation of the repêchage obligation if the employee does not want to transfer to another office

The Court of Cassation, in its ruling of 16 March 2021, no. 7360, established that where the employee dismissed for justified objective reasons had made themselves available for transfer only in certain areas, the employer must prove it is impossible to relocate them in those offices to avoid incurring in the repêchage obligation violation. Facts ....

28 April 2021 • Insights

DID YOU KNOW THAT… COVID-positive workers can be readmitted to work only after a negative molecular swab?

The “Shared protocol for updating measures to combat and contain the spread of the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 virus in work environments” was signed on 6 April 2021. It requires workers who remained positive after 21 days of the appearance of COVID-19 symptoms to be readmitted to work only after receiving a negative molecular swab or antigenic swab ....