Permits under Law no. 104/1992: general regulation and recent judgements
27 November 2025
Italian Law no. 104/1992 introduced the possibility for public and private workers to take paid leaves to care for family members with disabilities. Over time, case law has specified the correct use of these permits, determining which connected activities are allowes as well as those that may feature an abuse of such a benefit. Italian […]
Ragusa Court: lawful dismissal of an employee who arbitrarily performed work remotely
28 August 2025
The Italian Court of Ragusa stated the lawfulness and proportionality of the dismissal of an employee who repeatedly and arbitrarily performed work under a remote working regime, without entering into a prior individual agreement. In the case decided with judgment dated July 11th, 2025, the claimant, who had been employed under an open-ended full-time contract […]Domestic employment: the allowance for exclusively night-time work granted to employees who also work during the day, if expressly stipulated in the employment contract
21 August 2025
The Italian Supreme Court has ruled that the allowance provided under the National Collective Bargaining Agreement (CCNL) for exclusively night-time work is not applicable to domestic workers who also perform daytime duties, unless such compensation is expressly stipulated in the individual employment contract. The worker, classified under level C super of the NCBA for Domestic […]New European Directive on work organised through digital platforms
19 November 2024
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 […]Working activities executed through platforms: latest updates from the EU
23 May 2024
In Italy, determining the correct scheme of regulations to apply to platform workers remains a heated topic, revived by recent judgements of the Employment Courts. The latest European directive, whose formal adoption by the European Council is still awaited, may solve these discussions. On April 24th, 2024, the European Parliament formally adopted the content of […]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 […]Mandatory recording of working hours in Italy and Europe
24 January 2024
The amount of the monthly remuneration reported in each pay slip issued to employees is not always the same, given that these sums are made up of several elements, which may change from one reference period to the other, including – for various reasons – the number of hours worked. Especially when many employees are […]What moonlighting is and how it is applied in Italy
1 December 2023
There are several reasons why an employee might decide to embark on a new employment relationship while still entertaining one with the first employer. However, the Italian laws only allow such a decision under certain conditions. The so-called moonlighting phenomenon has a particular translation in the Italian jurisdiction. The moonlighting phenomenon has an Anglo-Saxon origin, […]What “ESG” factors are, and how to pursue them when managing human resources
23 October 2023
The attention to compliance with provisions on environment, social justice, and governance has lately been progressively imposed as a main topic, not only for large companies. They are now taken into account by consumers spending and market operators’ choices, who positively value companies truly invested in respecting such regulations. That is why ESG factors have […]Issues in choosing the governing law of a contract: the overriding mandatory provisions
3 August 2023
When concluding a contract that involves more than one jurisdiction because of the parties’ citizenships or the place of execution of the activities, they may choose the law that will govern their working agreement. Although there are no boundaries to the legislation to choose from, the terms and conditions of the agreement mustn’t collide with […]