Insights

The Senate approved the Law Decree which introduces the so called “quote rosa” in the board of the quoted companies or of the companies controlled by the public administration.

The Court of Busto Arsizio, with sentence no. 528/2010, applied for the first time the provision of Law no. 183/2010 (so called “Collegato Lavoro”) that states, in case of conversion of a fixed-term contract – because of formal and substantial unlawfulness – the sentence of the employer to compensate the employee with “an all-comprehensive indemnity ranging from a minimum of 2,5 to a maximum of 12 monthly wages”.

In November 2010 the decree which provided for 100 thousand jobs for the hiring of non-EU citizen domestic helps, carers and employees was signed.

Article 33 of Law no. 183/2010 (so called “Labor Attachment”) provides new and compulsory rules for a more correct and clear procedure concerning the inspection activity in the Labor and Social Security Legislation areas.

The Senate has conclusively approved the financial manoeuvring for the next three years.

Court of Cassation states that the employer who enters into an agreement according to which the employees are entitled to a bonus, may not withdrawal one-sidedness from it.

The Court of Cassation specified that, regarding civil sanctions deriving from social security contribution omissions, Law n. 388/2000, repealing in part the principle of “tempus regit actum”, ratified the generalized enforcement of the sanction system, provided for by Law no. 662/1996, to all the contributory omissions, carried out at any time, as long as they exist and if they are verified by September 30th, 2000.

EU Court of Justice obliged Italy to raise women’s retirement age for old-age pension in the public sector, to make it equal to the one established for men, starting from 2012.