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Opening a Business in Italy by Zambelli & Partners is a summary on the essential labour and employment law as well as corporate law requirements aimed to offer companies a first overview of the legal framework for opening a shop or running a business in Italy. 1. Introduction The Italian labour law system has traditionally been known to be quite rigid and complicated, granting employees relatively high standards of rights, which could somehow discourage foreign companies from expanding into Italy. But...
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The repeated use of temporary agency work contracts for traveling staff on cruise ships who do not respect the requirement of the temporary nature established by the EU Directive no. 2008/104 is unlawful. Temporary Agency Work: The Latest Ruling of the Italian Supreme Court in Light of the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice The decision of the Italian Court of Cassation (judgement of 1st August 2023, no. 23445) deals with the use of temporary work contracts (i.e. “contratto di...
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Angelo Zambelli is the author of the Eleventh Edition of Labour and Employment Compliance in Italy. The new book, focused on the relevant labour laws and regulations in Italy, is part of the International Encyclopaedia of Laws and is now avaiable online on Wolterskluwer.com. Detailed attention to compliance with labour and employment laws is crucial for success in setting up business in a foreign country. This book – one of a series derived from Kluwer’s matchless publication International Labour and...
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After a month of consultations and close to the first deadline of 15 July 2023 for the implementation of the new discipline on whistleblowing by big companies (employing more than 249 employees), the Italian Anti-corruption Authority (ANAC) has finally issued the updated guidelines concerning the new measures on whistleblowing as set forth by Legislative Decree no. 24 of 10 March 2023, which transposes in Italy the EU Directive 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October...
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A new article drafted by Angelo Zambelli on the topic of dismissal served by registered letter is now online on Lexology.com e Leglobal.law. Italy: When the dismissal served by registered letter starts producing effects? The employee was dismissed for disciplinary reasons by registered letter which was never picked up and thus remained in deposit at the post office. According to Italian labour law, the dismissal (to be qualified under the category of unilateral receptive act) is effective from the date...
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