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Failure to hire apprentice who was also a mother and mitigated proof of discrimination (Modulo 24 Contenzioso Lavoro de Il Sole 24 Ore, 5 April 2023 – Vittorio De Luca, Alessandra Zilla)

The Court of Cassation, in its recent Order No 3361 of 3 February 2023, reiterated its consistent approach concerning the allocation of the burden of proof in anti-discrimination…

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Dismissal of employees for poor performance. What is “poor performance”? (Newsletter Norme & Tributi no. 167 Camera di Commercio Italo-Germanica – Vittorio De Luca, Luca Cairoli)

Poor performance consists of a failure by an employee to fulfil their principal obligation, i.e. to perform their work, and is, according to the majority legal opinion, a…

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Dismissal for poor performance is unlawful if based on conduct previously raised against the worker

With the recent order No 1584 of 19 January 2023, the Italian Court of Cassation addressed dismissal for ‘poor performance’, stating that conduct that had previously been the…

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Transparency Decree: the first indications of the Personal Data Protection Authority (Newsletter Norme & Tributi no. 166 Camera di Commercio Italo-Germanica – Vittorio De Luca, Martina De Angeli)

On 24 January 2023, the Personal Data Protection Authority (the "Authority") gave the first interpretative and operative indications on the processing by employers of employees’ personal data using…

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Contractual joint and several liability: contribution recovery is not subject to the two-year limitation period (Norme & Tributi Plus Diritto of Il Sole 24 Ore, 22 February 2023 – Vittorio De Luca, Stefania Raviele)

The order under comment confirms the Supreme Court case law which differentiates the deadlinesapplicable to the actions carried out by employees under procurement contract and those governingcontribution recovery…

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Disciplinary power: employer’s discretion and dismissal lawfulness (Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Italy news, 14 February 2023 – Enrico De Luca, Luca Cairoli)

To verify the existence of just cause or justified subjective reason for dismissal, the fact that a contractual breach similar to that contested against the dismissed employee, committed…

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Manager dismissal: justifiability and just cause compared (Modulo 24 Contenzioso Lavoro of Il Sole 24 Ore, 13 February 2023 – Vittorio De Luca, Alessandra Zilla)

In its order no.88 of 3 January 2023, the Supreme Court of Cassation explained the delicateseparation between just cause and justifiability in manager dismissals. The Supreme Court held…

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De Luca & Partners and HR Capital launch a new whistleblowing task force (Legalcommunity, 6 February 2023)

De Luca & Partners launches a new task force supporting companies grappling with the Whistleblowing legislative decree, which requires employers to implement a system of protection and safeguards…

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Only the employer is entitled to install audiovisual systems (Newsletter Norme & Tributi n. 165 Camera di Commercio Italo-Germanica – Vittorio De Luca, Martina De Angeli)

By judgement no. 15644 of 23 November 2022, the Administrative Court of Lazio clarified, among other things, that the employer is the only person entitled to install audiovisual…

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European Court rules that employee tracking through company car geolocator is lawful (Norme e Tributi Plus Diritto, 23 January 2023 – Alberto De Luca, Claudia Cerbone)

As only geolocation data referring to kilometres travelled were considered, the interference in the applicant’s privacy was limited and proportional to the intended purpose. Dismissal by an employer…

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