Phase
Law 29 April 1949, no. 264, Provisions concerning access to work and support to involuntarily unemployed people
Native name
Legge 29 aprile 1949, n. 264, Provvedimenti in materia di avviamento al lavoro e di assistenza dei lavoratori involontariamente disoccupati
Type
Reemployment obligation after restructuring
Added to database
08 May 2015

Article

Law no. 264/1949, article 15


Description

In case of collective dismissals (at least five dismissals in companies with more than 15 staff over a 120 day-period), dismissed employees have a priority right during the six months following the dismissal if the company intends to hire workers.


Commentary

According to the prevailing interpretation, however, the priority right does only operate in case of recruitments connected to the performance of the same task previously carried out by dismissed workers.


Additional metadata

Cost covered by
Not available
Involved actors other than national government
National government
Involvement (others)
None
Thresholds
Affected employees: 5
Company size: 16
Additional information: No, applicable in all circumstances

Sources

  • Law 29 April 1949, no. 264
  • F. Carinci, R. De Luca Tamajo, P. Tosi, T. Treu, 2016, Diritto del lavoro, Volume II. Il rapporto di lavoro subordinato, Utet

Citation

Eurofound (2015), Italy: Reemployment obligation after restructuring, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/reemployment-obligation-after-restructuring/italy

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