Italy : a law forbidding “blank resignation” adopted

The bill, which prevents the practice of "blank resignations", was adopted on September 25, 2007. This practice consisted in having the employee sign a blank resignation letter when they were hired to enable the employer to escape the legislation on dismissals. The law is appealing to a quite modern technology to stop this practice. (Ref. 070801)
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The law No. 1695 concerning the termination of the employment contract in the event of a resignation was adopted with a wide majority. This law, much awaited, aimed at putting an end to the “blank resignation” practice, very widespread among companies. Indeed, employers often appealed to this practice which consisted in signing a blank resignation letter at the time of the employment to be able to get rid of pregnant women or to escae tax and social legislation in the event of an absence caused

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