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Occupational health and safety

The professionals provide specialist assistance, in favour of customers, in the field of health and safety at work under the Legislative Decree. 81/2008 shall be applied.

The vast experience gained in this specific field of labour law, on the border with criminal law, allows professionals to carry out their consulting activities with particular attention to all the various and multiple issues of compliance so as to prevent any form of employer liability.

Within this area of expertise, the professionals of De Luca & Partners:

are responsible for arranging the delegation of functions and appointments for the purposes of safety;
verify compliance with the requirements in the case of contracts or works or supply contracts; and
provide support to corporate clients in the event of inspections by the relevant bodies.

Working during sickness: when is dismissal lawful?

31 Jan 2023

In its recent order of 16 December 2022, the Court of Foggia, as part of the first phase of the so-called Fornero Procedure, held that an employee who had worked for third parties during his sickness was lawfully dismissed for just cause. The facts of the case In the case dealt with by the order ....

Covid Decree: initial instructions following the end of the state of emergency

31 Mar 2022

On 17 March, the Council of Ministers approved a new Decree Law on “Urgent measures to counter the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, following the end of the state of emergency.” The Decree Law was published in the Official Gazette on 24 March (Decree Law no. 24/2022). The state of emergency ended on 31 March, ....

INPS: new instructions on the “Greenpass50+” service

02 Mar 2022

With its message no. 721 of 14 February 2022, Inps has provided instructions and clarifications about the “Greenpass50+” service features to verify the possession and validity of the green certification of workers aged 50 years or older. Since last 15 February and until 15 June, the legislature has imposed compulsory vaccination for those aged 50 ....

DID YOU KNOW THAT… supervisors have new obligations and responsibilities?

02 Mar 2022

Decree Law of 21 October 2021, no. 146 on “Urgent measures on financial and tax matters, to protect labour and for undeferrable needs” ( “Tax Labour Decree“), converted with amendments by Law 17 December 2021, no. 215, with the provisions contained in Article 13, has made some changes to Legislative Decree no. 81/2008 ( “Consolidated ....

Litigation before the Labour Court.

30 Dec 2019

De Luca & Partners assisted a private foreign airline and its legal representative in the proceedings before the Varese Court introduced by the latter, against the inspection report issued by the INPS and the ITL, concerning the alleged illegitimate secondment of no. 31 employees hired in Spain (place of the Company registered office) and seconded ....