Collective Dismissals in Milan, Italy | Collective Redundancies
Dimarco & Partners International Law Firm

Our Employment Lawyers in Milan have a relevant experience in collective dismissals in Italy (licenziamenti collettivi). Our Law Firm often assists italian companies and branch of foreign companies registered in Italy (permanent establishments) in the collective redundancies. According to the law 223/1991, when a company located in Milan employs more than 15 employees and is willing to dismiss at least 5 employees due to a process of reorganization (or due to the liquidation of the company) shall proced with the collective dismissals.
The procedure may be resumed as follows:

1. The company informs the representative Unions about the intention to dismiss at least 5 employees.
2. The employer need to explain to the Unions the reasons of the dismissals and why it is not possible to use alternative means to solve the crisis.  
3. There is a term of 45 days for the company to negotiate with the Unions and to find an Agreement (for example establishing an indemnity to the dismissed workers).
4.  In case an agreeement is reached, the parties will sign it; differently, in case the parties are not able to reach a settlement in the above mentioned term, there shall be a further term of 30 days to find an Agreement in front of the labour authorities;
5. The collective agreement, signed by the employer, shall then signed by each worker in order to avoid any individual legal procedure of the worker. The employer, in case of agreemnent, will pay a "ticket" for any dismissal.
6.  In case it is not possible to reach an Agreement in the term of 75 days, the employer is entitled to dismiss the workers. The amount of the "ticket" would be triple.

The procedure is very formal and it is important to follow strictly the rules prescribed by the law, differently the company would be subjected to significant sanctions. It is also very important to specify that the choice of the workers to dismiss is not free, some criteria needs to be respected as:

• family loads;
• years of service;
• technical, productive and organizational needs of the company.

Our Employment Law Department have more than 20 years of experience in handling collective redundancies in favor of multinational companies, granting an high level of professionality and experience. 
For any query regarding the collective redundancies, you may write to [email protected] or contact our office.
​We look forward to cooperate with you.

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