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De Luca & Partners’ Think Tank manages and coordinates research, training (internal and external) and editorial activities on labour law matters, protection of personal data and administrative liability of entities.

De Luca & Partners invests in researching and disseminating Employment Law material and for this reason collaborates with Il Sole 24 Ore and with the main employment law publications.

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29 April 2016 • Insights

Active aging: signature of the implementing decree

On 13 April 2016, the Minister of Labour and Social Policies, in agreement with the Minister of the Economy and Finance, has signed the implementing decree sanctioning “subsidized” part-time work as introduced by the 2016 Stability Law, to promote the so-called “active aging”. The decree in question clarifies the methods for employers to notify to ....

29 April 2016 • Insights

Court of Cassation: an employee refusing to transfer may be considered resigning from employment

By judgment no. 6265, published on 31 March 2016, the Court of Cassation has sanctioned the principle whereby an employee refusing to transfer may be considered as resigning from employment. In the case in question, the worker had contested the legitimacy of the employer’s order to transfer to another production unit, and refused to comply. ....

29 April 2016 • Insights

Court of Cassation: behavioural standards to be considered when determining the existence of an accident on the way to and from work in case of use of a bicycle

By judgment no. 7313 published on 13 April 2016, the Court of Cassation has ruled that, in order to assess the existence of an accident on the way to and from work in case of use of a bicycle, it is necessary to keep into account not only the distance between home and workplace but ....

21 April 2016 • News

“Smart working” webinar – 21 April 2016, Willis Towers Watson

Vittorio De Luca was a speaker at the “Smart working” webinar, organised by Willis Towers Watson on 21 April 2016 from 9:30 am to 10:30 am. The results of a pulse survey on Smart working policies that are currently present in Italy were presented during the webinar. The survey was aimed at portraying the practices ....

12 April 2016 • News

“The management of employment contracts after the Reform” – Convenia, Milan (12 April 2016), Rome (19 April 2016)

Alberto De Luca was one of the speakers at the conference “The management of employment contracts after the Reform” organised by Convenia in Milan on 12 April 2016 and in Rome on 19 April 2016.   Click here to download the programme.

1 April 2016 • News

“The advantages of Corporate Welfare for the company and the worker” – 1 April 2016, ODCEC – Sala Convegni, Corso Europa, 11, Milan

Enrico De Luca, of De Luca & Partners, was a speaker at the convention “Company Welfare – The advantages for the company and for the worker“, organised by ODCEC on 1 April 2016 at Sala Convegni, Corso Europa, 11, Milan. Click here for additional information.

31 March 2016 • Insights

Reform of civil proceedings: the end of the Fornero procedure

On 10 March 2016, the Chamber of Deputies approved Bill No. A.C. 2953-A empowering Government to carry out a broad reform of civil proceedings, with a view to specializing and simplifying legal procedures, that among other things introduces changes also to the procedure to be followed in cases of unlawful dismissal. The Bill abrogates all ....

31 March 2016 • Insights

Court of Cassation: the choice of place of employment comes within the employer’s organizational powers

With its judgment No. 5056 of 15 March 2016, the Court of Cassation established that the determination of the place of employment comes within the employer’s organizational powers, and is only limited by the provisions governing the question of employee transfers. In the case in hand, the local Court of Appeal confirmed the court of ....