Italian Freezing Of Redundancies: The Never Ending Story

Italian “Fiscal Decree” extends again the prohibition of dismissal until 31 December 2021 (Article 11, Legislative Decree 146/2021).

Not generalized but intended only for companies that use the social bumpers provided and only for the relevant period:

• Employers who access ordinary and ‘cassa in deroga’ check (Maximum thirteen weeks; No additional contribution);
• Employers with ATECO code 13, 14 and 15 (Maximum nine weeks; No additional contribution).

In any case, while the block is in effect, it is always possible to terminate the employment relationship in the following cases:

• corporate collective agreement;
• expansion contract;
• reinstatement for change of contract;
• bankruptcy;
• definitive termination of the company’s business (which does not involve the transfer of a company or one of its branches);
• just-cause dismissal;
• dismissal for disciplinary reasons;
• dismissal for exceeding the grant period of illness;
• dismissal for failure to pass the probationary period;
• dismissal for reaching age for the use of the old-age pension;
• dismissal for unfitness for duties;
• dismissal of the domestic worker;
• dismissal of the manager (even if a recent jurisprudential orientation is contrary);
• the termination of the apprenticeship at its expiration date;
• consensual employment terminations and resignations for just cause.