- May 2025
- Can an employee be dismissed for refusing to end smart working?
- Court of Cassation: the absence of justification in dismissal triggers reinstatement remedy
- From courtrooms to contracts: navigating non-compete covenants through Italian Case Law
- What is the current legal status of riders and platform workers in Italy? Italian Ministry of Labour provides guidance, pending transposition of EU Directive
- New regulation on maximum duration of probationary period in fixed-term contracts
- February 2024
- Italian Data Protection Authority issues new guidelines on employee email management and metadata processing and launches public consultation
- Court of Cassation: Can an employee be dismissed twice?
- Right to smart working for vulnerable workers and for working parents of children under the age of 14 in place through March 31, 2024
- Court of Cassation: Does harassment of a colleague outside of the workplace constitute grounds for dismissal?
- July 2023
- Court of Appeals of Venice, March 30, 2023: Service contract is not proper because workers are subject to hetero-direction by principal’s software
- Court of Cassation No. 18168/2023: Employee dismissal following defensive control that crosses the line is unlawful
- New directive (EU) No. 970/2023 on equal pay for men and women
- Law No. 85/2023: Major changes to the Labor Decree
- May 2023
- Labor Decree no. 48/2023: Major changes to the law
- March 2023
- Supreme Court: Dismissal of an apprentice who had recently been pregnant may be considered discriminatory if supported by statistical data
- Previous disciplinary sanctions cannot serve as grounds for dismissal for poor performance
- Right to smart working for vulnerable workers and for working parents of children under the age of 14 through June 30
- Transparent and predictable working conditions: Guidelines from the Data Protection Authority on Legislative Decree no. 104/2022
- October 2022
- Solo self-employed persons can bargain collective agreements: European Commission Guidelines
- Transparent and predictable working conditions: First clarifications on Legislative Decree 104/2022 have been published
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