The national legislation on personal protective equipment (so-called “PPE”) has been modified to make it consistent with the EU Regulation no. 2016/425. The goal is to simplify the existing legislative framework on the PPE’s sale on the market, improving the transparency, effectiveness and harmonization of the current measures and coordinating them with the general dispositions on products’ sale, safety and conformity. Download Legislative Decree February 19, 2019, no. 17, published on the Official Journal no. 59 of May 11, 2019
If the employee keeps on working after resigning, it is not possible to acknowledge the existence of a just of cause of resignation: if the prosecution of the activity is due to the free choice of the employee, and not to the impossibility to replace him, he is no longer entitled to the indemnity in lieu of notice. Download Court of Cassation, ruling no. 7711 of March 20, 2019
It is lawful to dismiss for just cause the employee on a sick leave who is caught up guiding a truck or loading and unloading mag wheels: such activities are held to compromise and postpone the employee’s full recover. Download Court of Cassation , ruling no 7641 of March 19, 2019
It is not possible to assume that the employee knows the contents of a reprimand letter unless the employer opens the envelope of the letter in front of him and, at least, tries to read him its contents. Witnesses’ declaration on the letter’s delivery method are held to be crucial. Download Court of Cassation, ruling no. 7306, March 14, 2019
The employee who, after a Company’s reorganization, is put under the coordination of a colleague who has just been hired, is not considered as demoted, since he maintains his responsibilities and tasks, without any harm to its professional profile. Download Court of Cassation, ruling no. 6934 of March 11, 2019
It is lawful to dismiss for just cause the employee who, during the working hours, keeps on leaving the office without any authorization and without clocking out. Download Court of Cassation, ruling no. 6174 of March 1, 2019
With regard to the violation of the dispositions on irregular work and health and safety at work, the employer, in case of recidivism, is punishable by twice the sanction provided by law. The National Labour inspectorate clarified that recidivism occurs when an employer is condemned by final judgment for violating the abovementioned dispositions and, in less than three years, he is sanctioned for the same violation. Download National Labour Inspectorate, Note no. 2594 of March 14, 2019
The National Industry Plan 4.0 has introduced a tax credit for the costs of employee’s training on some kind of technologies: the Italian Revenue Agency has clarified that such tax credit applies also for the costs borne by the employer before the lodging of the Company or Territorial Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Italian Labor Inspectorate as log as the lodging is effected during the corresponding tax period. Download Italian Revenue Agency, Answer no. 20 of March 20, 2019
On March 8, 2019, Confapi Unionchimica e Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec-Uil entered into a NCBA renewal agreement for the small-middle industries of the chemistry, tanning, plastic, gum, abrasive products, ceramic and glass sectors. The agreement lasts 4 years and it expires on December 31, 2012. Download Minutes of Agreement Confapi Unionchimica, Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec-Uil, March 8, 2019
