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Disciplinary dismissal beyond the time limit provided for by the national collective bargaining agreement: weak indemnity protection for mere procedural flaw (Modulo 24 Contenzioso Lavoro of Il Sole 24 Ore, 10 July 2023 – Vittorio De Luca, Alessandra Zilla)

Failure to comply with the time limits laid down in the Italian national collective bargaining agreement for the notice of the letter of dismissal constitutes a procedural breach…

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Dismissal of employee for refusal to participate in training is fair (Newsletter Norme & Tributi no. 170 Camera di Commercio Italo-Germanica – Vittorio De Luca, Luca Cairoli)

By order No. 12241 of 9th May, the Labour Division of the Court of Cassation decided on the validity of disciplinary termination of an employee of an IT…

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Employment & Labour Law – Global Legal Insights, eleventh Edition (Vittorio De Luca, Roberta Padula e Claudia Cerbone)

De Luca & Partners signed off on the Italian pages of the Employment & Labour Law guide, 2023 edition published by English publisher Global Legal Insights. The volume…

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Wide-ranging whistleblowing protection (Italia Oggi Sette Affari Legali – 5 April 2023, Vittorio De Luca)

Protection also extends to shareholders, apprentices, the self-employed, and consultants. Wide-ranging whistleblowing protection. In addition to their current employees and collaborators, private sector companies must also provide protection…

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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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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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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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More protection for whistleblowing (Album Speciale Lavoro de La Repubblica, 18 January 2023 – Vittorio De Luca)

The draft legislative decree to transpose the EU directive on whistleblowing has been approved. As the fight against corruption and the protection of whistleblowers progresses this year, those…

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Carrying out unauthorised personal activities during working hours justifies dismissal even if the disciplinary code has not been displayed (Modulo24 Contenzioso Lavoro of Il Sole 24 Ore, 10 January 2023 – Vittorio De Luca, Alessandra Zilla)

The Italian Court of Cassation, in judgment No 31150 of 21 October 2022, in line with its own precedents, clarified that the prior display of the disciplinary code…

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