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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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11 December 2015 • Insights

Draft law: Whistleblowing

Draft law 1751 currently before the Justice and Labour Commissions of the Chamber of Deputies, regulates “whistleblowing”, i.e. employee reporting of unlawful acts encountered at work- This is a system which guarantees legality that is not very widespread in Italy, but is much more so abroad, especially in Great Britain and the USA. It provides ....

11 December 2015 • Insights

Jobs Act: mandatory employment when the threshold of 15 employees is reached

Legislative Decree 151/2015, implementing the Jobs Act in terms of rationalisation and simplification of requirements, has repealed, effective as of 1 January 2017, paragraph 2, of article 3 of Law 68/1999. Therefore, starting on 1 January 2017, employers who employ more than 15 to 35 employees will have the obligation of hiring disabled workers as ....

11 December 2015 • Insights

Jobs Act: obligation of correct information notice

With the new article 4 of Law 300/1970, rewritten by the Jobs Act, the obligation to adequately inform workers on the procedures for using equipment from which remote control of work activities and work instruments may occur as well as the procedures for performing controls becomes the requirement for being able to use information collected ....

11 December 2015 • Insights

Cassation Court; layoffs and selection criteria as per article 5, Law 223/1991

With its ruling no. 23609 of 18 November 2015, the Court of Cassation returned to the subject of the selection criteria followed by the employer at the outcome of the personnel layoff procedure. Specifically, the Court reiterated that the employer, when he defines the selection criteria as per article 5 of Law 223/1991 in the ....

10 December 2015 • Insights

Global Legal Insights – Employment & Labour Law 4th Edition

Employment & Labour Law 4th Edition, published in association with Dechert - is now available online and is entirely free to access here.

11 November 2015 • Insights, News

Dismissal and unemployment during the 9 months: what you need to know (QuiMamme.it – Io e il mio bambino, 11 November 2015)

What social shock absorbers does the Jobs Act include in the event of dismissal? And how do they reconcile with protections for maternity? We spoke with Elena Cannone, a lawyer from the De Luca & Partners law firm in Milan, specialised in employment law. Unemployment benefits (Italian mobilità) during pregnancy. This social shock absorber regards ....

3 November 2015 • Insights

Multinationals begin investing in Italy once again (Invest in Lombardy, 03 November 2015)

A new post-crisis wind is beginning to blow: Italy is recovering its competitiveness and globally recouping its appeal.

2 November 2015 • Insights

The reasons justifying use of a temporary work contract

The Court of Appeals of Milan, Labor Section, with its ruling, rejected the appeal submitted by a temporary worker of our Client, who had challenged the temporary work contract requesting, inter alia, verification of (i) the nullity and/or illegalness and/or ineffectiveness of the termination date set in the contract and (ii) the existence of open ....