Big Companies and Severance Pay (TFR): Mandatory Contributions

The Court of Cassation has brought back into focus the obligation of transferring Severance Pay (TFR) contributions to the INPS Treasury Fund, a requirement that applies to big companies with more than fifty employees (interlocutory ruling no. 25175 of September 14, 2025). In these companies, the portion of TFR not allocated to supplementary pension schemes […]

Fixed-term contracts and probationary period: news for employers from January 2025

The probationary period refers to a so-called ancillary clause that may or may not be included in the employment contract. It is an element of mutual interest between the contracting parties since, on the one hand, the employer can assess the employee’s skills and professionalism and, on the other, the employee can assess the continuation […]

Italian fixed-term contract with the collective agreement’s condition

The “Sostegni Bis Decree” introduced an important innovation to the discipline of fixed-term contracts. Collective agreements can identify new reasons in the presence of which it will be possible to stipulate a term contract lasting more than 12 months. The condition must identify specific and concrete hypotheses without using generic formulations (“technical, organizational …”) that […]