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.
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The Italian Government with Legislative Decree No. 63/2018 (the “Decree“) implemented the EU Directive No. 2016/943 (the “Directive“) on the protection of the so-called “undisclosed know-how” and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure. The Directive The Directive falls in an economic-production context such as the current one, continuously ....
On 19 January, the Official Gazette published the “Regulation amending the Presidential Decree No. 178/2010 on the matter of the Do Not Call Registry concerning the use of snail mail” (Presidential Decree No. 149 dated 8 November 2018, hereinafter the “Regulation” or the “Presidential Decree”). The Do Not Call Registry (that is the registry where ....
The allocation of the burden of proof in appeals against verbal dismissal is once again in the spotlight. In fact, in judgment 3822 of 8 February 2019, the Court of Cassation reiterated, thus confirming its stance on the matter, that the burden is always on the employee to provide evidence (not always straightforward) of a ....
In judgment No. 436/2019 filed on 10 January 2019 the Court of Cassation confirmed that, based on the constitutional principle of freedom of private economic initiative (art. 41 of the Constitution), an entrepreneurial decision to eliminate a job position cannot be challenged. The Court passed the judgment in a case concerning a director of human ....
Draft law no. 726 (the “DL”), which introduces significant changes to Italian Legislative Decree no. 231/01 is currently being examined by the Justice Committee of the Italian Senate. In particular, the DL provides that certain categories of organisation must have an organisation and management model (OMM231), and appoint a supervisory body (SB). This includes corporations ....
The Constitutional Court’s ruling starts to take effect in proceedings involving dismissals in the context of progressive-indemnity employment contracts [‘contratti di lavoro a tutele crescenti’ in Italian]. In the wake of Order no. 7016, issued by the Court of Bari on 11 October 2018, which applied the Constitutional Court’s ruling even before the grounds ....
Draft law no. 726 (the “DL”), which introduces significant changes to Italian Legislative Decree no. 231/2001 (the “Decree”) governing administrative liability for legal persons, companies and associations, including those not recognized as a legal entity (“Entities” or individually the “Entity”), is currently being examined by the Justice Commission of the Italian Senate. The administrative ....
Since 1 January 2017 companies in the metalworking and mechanical engineering sector have been required, every three years, to provide workers employed under permanent contracts with continuing professional development courses of a duration of 24 hours per participant, within their working hours and according to the procedures identified by Fondimpresa [Italian Inter-Professional Fund for Continuing ....
