In case of a non-complete risk-assessment document, the liability for injuries rests with the employer and not the safety delegate
In the case of a worker's injury, the criminal section of the Italian Supreme Court stated, through its judgement no. 39168/2024, the liability lies with the employer and not with the executive delegated to safety if said event was not foreseen and evaluated in the Risk Assessment Document. With Judgment no. 39168 of October 25th, […]
New European Directive on work organised through digital platforms
On December 1st 2024, the EU Directive 2831 of 23rd October 2024 will come into force, which aims to improve the working conditions of individuals performing organised work using digital platforms. The EU Directive 2831/2024, which the Member States must implement by 2 December 2026, aims to guarantee increasing levels of protection for workers who […]When can a rude employee be dismissed?
It is lawful to dismiss an employee who addresses customers in a rude and aggressive manner. The case stems from an appeal made by an employee, a butcher counter clerk at a supermarket, who was dismissed for just cause by his employer. The dismissal was due to the employee addressing a customer in an aggressive […]Indemnities due at the termination of agency relationships under Italian Trade ECAs
The regulation of agency relationships of the trade sector is definitively a peculiar one under the Italian laws and, the parties of this kind of agreements may decide to enrich it of further terms and conditions under a specific normative set – collectively determined – rather than just having them referring to the Italian Civil […]EU Directive on collective dismissal also applies when the employer retires
Rules of member states that do not provide for applying the law on collective dismissals to terminations of employment relationships caused by the employer's retirement are contrary to European law. The case examined by the Court involved eight Spanish employees who challenged the dismissal imposed on them when the company closed due to the employer's […]