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On 13 April 2016, the Minister of Labour and Social Policies, in agreement with the Minister of the Economy and Finance, has signed the implementing decree sanctioning “subsidized” part-time work as introduced by the 2016 Stability Law, to promote the so-called “active aging”. The decree in question clarifies the methods for employers to notify to ....

On 25 March 2016, the Minister of Labour and Social Policies, in agreement with the Minister of the Economy and Finance, has signed the decree provided for by the 2016 Stability Law, for the purpose of the determination of the criteria (i) to measure increases in productivity, profitability, quality, efficiency and innovation based upon which ....

On 14 April 2016, the Trade Unions of the Credit Sector and the Italian Banking Association (ABI) have approved the final coordinated text of the National Collective Labour Agreement for the Credit Sector. The agreement is the result of long negotiations, which went on for more than one year, following underwriting of the agreement between ....

La Cour de cassation, dans son arrêt no 5056 du 15 mars 2016, a statué que la décision du lieu des prestations professionnelles relève du pouvoir d’organisation de l’employeur, limité seulement par les règles en vigueur en matière de transfert du salarié. En l’espèce, la Cour d’appel territorialement compétente avait confirmé la décision du tribunal ....

With its judgment No. 2116/2016, the Court of Cassation reiterated that no mobbing shall be deemed to have occurred in the absence of a specific vexatious plan aimed at the gradual personal and professional demolition of the employee in question. The employer must safeguard the physical well-being and moral character of employees. In this sense, ....

With its judgment No. 4695 of 10 March 2016, the Court of Cassation declared as unlawful the dismissal for just cause of an employee who (i) was not present for the home medical visit during the period of illness in question, and (ii) failed to have a medical examination at the doctor’s surgery the following ....

La Cour de cassation, par jugement n°3306 du 19 février 2016, a confirmé le principe de droit déjà exprimé dans l’arrêt n°22540 du 2 octobre 2013, selon lequel « l’action du travailleur visant la reconnaissance de droits liés à sa relation de travail antérieure ne peut être entravée par des formules de renonciation génériques et d’ensemble, contraires aux ....

With its judgment No. 4502 of 8 March 2016, the Court of Cassation declared it illegal to dismiss an employee on the grounds of that employee’s refusal to perform new duties in a different company unit, when the employee in question complains that he/she is physically unsuitable for such duties without, however, providing written evidence ....