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HIGHLIGHTS
2018
HIGHLIGHTS T&P 2018
CONTENTS
01 Editorial
Interview with Mr. Salvatore Trifirò
pag.4
02 Labour Law
New Legislation by Luca D’Arco
pag.7
DECRETO DIGNITÀ
E DINTORNI
07 08
Events & Awards T&P Studio
Events & Conferences | pag.18 Partners e Associates | pag.20
pag.17 Awards | pag. 18 pag.20 Offices & Contacts | pag. 22
01
EDITORIAL
BETWEEN
THE PAST,
PRESENT AND
FUTURE
Interview with Mr. Salvatore
Trifirò, lawyer1
1
The interview with Mr. Salvatore Trifirò, lawyer, was published in
the Green Economy Report, Golfarelli Publishing House, December
2018 issue, page 32.
LABOUR LAW
NEW LEGISLATION
By Luca D’Arco
2018 was “shaken” strongly by sentative trade union organisa- 13 July 2018 it was possible to
the so-called Dignity Decree tions (CGIL – CISL –UIL) introdu- resort to fixed-term employment
(“Decreto Dignità”) and by an ced a new bargaining model with contracts up to a maximum of
important decision passed by the this Agreement. 36 months without the need to
Constitutional Court regarding indicate any reason, from the
the Jobs Act following a substan- However, this is a programme date the Dignity Decree came
tial legislative immobility in recent agreement that contains nume- into force, this is only possible
years (characterised by limited rous declarations of intent, for a maximum total period of 12
legislative activities on a number although there is no immediate months (including extensions).
of specific topics). effect on the industrial relations
system and on employment rela- The indication of one of the fol-
With regard to Privacy it is impor- tionships. Over and above the lowing reasons will be required
tant to remember that Legislative declarations of principle, the in every case of renewal (namely,
Decree No. 101/2018 was publi- Social Partners focused on a a new fixed-term recruitment of
shed in the Official Journal on 4 series of general aspects. the same worker, even if the pre-
September 2018 in order to har- vious employment contract had
monise national legislation with Decree Law No. 87/2018, better lasted for less than 12 months),
EU Regulation No. 679 of 2016 known as the “Dignity Decree” or extensions exceeding 12 mon-
(the “General Data Protection was approved on 2 July 2018 ths, or the employer wishes to
Regulation - GDPR”). The gene- and entered into the force the enter into an employment con-
ral part of the Italian Privacy following 14 July. tract exceeding 12 months - but
Code has been replaced almost with a total duration that does
entirely by the provisions of the According to the intentions of not exceed 24 months:
Regulation, so that the rules and the Ministry, this Decree aims to
regulations on principles, legal improve the conditions of pre- • temporary and objective
basis for processing, information carious workers deemed to be needs, unrelated to ordinary
notice and prior consent are now heavily penalised by the Jobs Act, business activities
replaced by the European provi- and establishes a series of limi- • substitutive reasons
sions. The particularly significant tations on the use of fixed-term • reasons related to temporary,
changes introduced during 2018 and temporary work regimes. significant and non-program-
also include the inter-confederal mable increases of the ordi-
agreement regarding industrial The most important innovation is nary business activities.
relations dated 9 March 2018. represented by the reintroduction
of reasons for renewing or exten- The Dignity Decree has also
“Confindustria” (Association of ding the fixed-term employment reduced the total number of
Italian Manufacturing and Service contract after the first 12 months. extensions and possible renewals
Companies) and the most repre- Consequently, while up until from 6 to 4.
LABOUR LAW
CASE LAW
By Tommaso Targa and Federico Manfredi
Dismissing a worker who records and by innovatively extending the insurance cover fra-
1. films the conversations of colleagues
without their knowledge is unlawful,
mework of illness caused by mobbing suffered by a
worker in the workplace, in any event, without preju-
if the data are not disseminated, but dice to the fact that the burden of proof is on the
collected in view of possible legal proceedings. worker with regard to the illness being attributable
to the employer’s conduct.
(Court of Cassation - Labour Division, Judgement No.
11322, 10 May 2018)
(Court of Cassation - Labour Division,
2. Judgement No. 20774, 17 August 2018) A caretaker who was subjected to the
“persecutory” behaviour by a number of condomi-
Mobbing can also cause occupational nium residents. The Supreme Court has considered
illness, with the consequent compensation of the that the worker was entitled to receive compensation
respective resulting damage by “INAIL” (National for damages, inter alia, equal to more than € 82,000
Insurance Institute for Industrial Accidents). The as a result of mobbing, despite the fact that the con-
Court of Cassation has deemed it appropriate to duct was different and was carried out by persons
differ from previous decisions regarding this issue, also partially differing from the figure of an employer.
TRADE UNION
CASE LAW
By Tommaso Targa and Leonardo Calella
Vexatious clauses: no protection for “Smoking kills” and the smoker is not
those that sign... with their “eyes closed”! entitled to compensation for the harm
With regard to agreements entered into by signing
resulting from the use of cigarettes
prepared forms or questionnaires in order to govern
Excluding compensation to the relatives of a smoker
given relationships uniformly, if such a clause is
who died due to cancer, given that the Court with
scarcely readable or is unreadable, the weak con-
jurisdiction on the merits had applied correctly the
tracting party can demand that the counterparty
principle of the “next significant cause” in this spe-
provides a fully legible contractual form; if, however,
cific case, consisting of an act of free, aware and
this request is not made, the weak contracting party
independent will by an individual endowed with the
“cannot complain in court proceedings of not having
ability to act, such as, in fact, the choice to smoke
correctly understood the scope of the above-mentio-
despite the well-known harmful effects of smoking.
ned derogation clause”.
(Court of Cassation, Judgement No. 11272,
(Court of Cassation, Judgement No. 3307,
10 May 2018)
12 February 2018)
LAW
INSURANCE Law
By Teresa Cofano
COURT OF CASSATION
CASE LAW
Claims Made Clause
EVENTS
& AWARDS
Highlights 2018
DECRETO DIGNITÀ
E DINTORNI
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