Trade NCBA renewal agreement: the new leave for women who suffered a gender-based violence
30 April 2024
As the NCBA applicable to trade and commerce employment relationships has recently been renewed, the representatives of the employers and the employees took into specific account, among other things, also the social status of male and female workers, providing for a new leave for women who have suffered gender-based violence. The National Collective Bargain Agreement […]EU Blue Card: new rules for obtaining clearance
22 April 2024
Circular No. 2829, dated March 28th, 2024, provided indications for submitting applications for entry into Italy of highly qualified non-EU citizens. The Circular under review, which follows Legislative Decree No. 152/2023 transposing EU Directive 2021/1883, changes the requirements a worker must meet to obtain a Blue Card (Art. 27- quater of the Consolidated Immigration Act). […]The proof of the demotion
2 April 2024
Proof of demotion can also be provided by allegation of presumptions In its Order no. 6275 of March 8th, 2024, the Supreme Court reiterated that although damage from demotion is not in re ipsa, presumptions can also provide proof of the same. The case stems from an appeal by an employee who complained that he […]The Italian “contract of stay” for foreign workers
21 March 2024
When foreign workers access Italian soil to perform professional activities under subordinate employment relationships, the latter undertakes to individually execute a so-called “contract of stay” once they arrive in Italy, which allows them to stay in the country lawfully. Section 5-bis of Legislative Decree no. 286/1998 (i.e., the Italian consolidated act on immigration) was established […]