Insights

The Ministry of Labour, with regulation no. 20/2012, has stated that until the decree on the simplification of the job on call relationship communication is not issued, the inspector will provide a sanction in the case of unlawfulness of the employment only.

Voluntary resignation can be ratified also by the trade unions, as provided by the agreement signed with Confindustria, which implements Article 4, paragraph 17 fo the recent labor reform (so called “Riforma Fornero”).

On July 26, 2012 a Decree of the Council of Ministers’ President which postpones the deadline for the presentation of the form 770 from 31 July to 20 September 2012 has been signed, but not yet published in the Official Gazette.

The Court of Cassation, with sentence No. 4709/2012, stated that the employee may refuse to execute his/her working activity if the transfer measure is not properly motivated.

On July 19, 2012 INPS, with message No. 12125/2012, stated the instructions and the codes necessary for the enjoyment of the social security contribution reduction due to both companies (25%) and employees (100%) on the production bonuses paid in 2012.

The Court of Cassation, with sentence No. 11465/2012, stated the principle based on which a company, which needs to obtain a more efficient management in order to face an economic downturn, may dismiss an employee for “justified grounds” (so called “giustificato motivo”).

The Government and the parliamentary majority which supports it have reached an agreement on some modifications to the reform of labor market to be included in the so called “Decreto Sviluppo”.

INPS, with message No. 11019/2012, stated that the renewal agreements have not to be registered at the Labor Local Direction (so called “DTL”) for the recognition of the social security contribution reduction applicable on the amounts provided for by the second level contracts.