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With the enactment of the “Laws overhauling contracts”, namely Italian Legislative Decree no. 81/2015, a new phase is starting in contractual dynamics and trade union bargaining. There is a significant expansion of the areas where second level agreements can deviate from the general rules of various contractual regulations thus allowing employers to adapt them to ....

Autumn 2015 looks like it is going to be a hot one as negotiations are set to start for the renewal of 23 different national collective contracts. The renewal of the most important contracts includes the metalworking sector and chemical-pharmaceutical industry. The negotiations will take place in a context where important employment-related legal reforms have ....

On March 31st, Vittorio De Luca released a television interview concerning the impact of the Labour Law reform on the employment trend in Italy.

Vittorio De Luca was a guest on 19 June at Rai News 24 to comment on the recent implementing decrees of the Jobs Act.

With its ruling no. 6150 of 13 July 2015, the Court of Milan clarified that if the relative contract contains a penalty preserving employment for the fact claimed against an employee, dismissal of such employee is considered illegal, with his consequent right to be reinstated in his job (in addition to payment for damages).