Author Archives: Lorenzo Ranieri

The Reform On The Yachting Professional Qualifications

The new law decree no. 227/2023 has been published in the Official Journal on February 5, 2024. The new decree regards the yachting professional qualifications for seafarers embarked on pleasure vessels carrying out chartering activities and on other vessels carrying out chartering activities for touristic purposes. In particular, the law decree no. 227/2023 regulates: The […]

Why choosing arbitration in maritime labor law disputes?

Law no. 183/2010, the so-called “Attachment to the Labor Legislation”, has introduced, inter alia, new provisions in relation to arbitration. In particular, law no. 183/2010 generally aims at ensuring the increase of recourse to arbitration, by extending its scope of application. In particular, arbitration brings several advantages to the parties, also with regard to labor law disputes. The […]

Lawful Dismissal as a Consequence of Sexual Allusions

The Italian Supreme Court, with the very recent decision no. 23295/2023, stated that the dismissal of a person, who makes sexual allusions, is lawful and such behaviors cannot be justified because of their lightheartedness or superficiality. The Italian Supreme Court condemned the behavior of the employee who made verbal sexual allusions to another employee, who worked as a bartender. […]