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Categories: Events | Tag: Distressed M&A, cherry picking

Alberto De Luca speaker at the webinar “Best practices in UTP and Distressed M&A transactions” organised by Convenia next 30 September to examine new regulations and best practices. Management of employment for companies in a crisis: risks and opportunities Alberto De Luca’s talk will focus on employment law aspects tied to the circulatory events of ....

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Categories: Publications | Tag: Non-competition agreement

The Court of Cassation, with order no. 23418 of 25 August 2021, returned to deal with the subject of requirements for validity of non-competition agreements. The Court’s ruling is based on appeal lodged by a bank manager who (among other claims submitted) had challenged a signed non-competition agreement, considering it vitiated, since the payment was ....

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Categories: Interviews | Tag: Dismissal, Coronavirus, Covid-19

De Luca & Partners managing partner Vittorio De Luca, discusses the legislative measures that introduced the ban, initially generalised and later sectorial, of dismissals for economic reasons. The government has reached an agreement with the social partners on the dismissal prohibition, what is your take on it? “The agreement includes a “commitment” to use all existing ....

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Categories: Publications | Tag: Coronavirus, Covid-19, legitimate dismissal, Dismissal

In a ruling dated 8 July 2021, the Court of Trento, upheld a disciplinary dismissal (for just cause) imposed on a teacher who repeatedly refused to wear a protective mask while working at school. In this case, the teacher, employed by the Autonomous Province of Trento, refused to comply with an order issued by the ....

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Categories: Publications | Tag: Court of Justice of the European Union

The Court of Justice of the European Union looked at the delicate issue of using religious symbols in the workplace under a ruling published on 15 July 2021, in Joined Cases C-804/18 and C-341/19. According to the Court, the prohibition of wearing any visible form of expression of political, philosophical or religious beliefs in the ....

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