Italy: Senate permanently approves 8th decree-law “thousand prorogations”

Appeal against unfair dismissal.  The litigation reform limits the deadline to appeal against unfair layoffs to 60 days after receiving the layoff notice (see our dispatch No.  100846).  For workers laid off before the reform was passed, who then had five years to appeal against their employers, a provision specifies that they have 60 days starting on January 23rd to do it.  The new law postpones this starting point to December 31, 2011.
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law, it extends, on a trial basis, “incidental provisions of work” paid with employment vouchers in all sectors for part-time workers, workers on Cassa Integrazione, receiving unemployment benefits or on Mobilità. (Ref. 110136)

Appeal against unfair dismissal. The litigation reform limits the deadline to appeal against unfair layoffs to 60 days after receiving the layoff notice (see our dispatch No. 100846). For workers laid off before the reform was passed, who then had five years to appea

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