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De Luca & Partners’ Think Tank manages and coordinates research, training (internal and external) and editorial activities on labour law matters, protection of personal data and administrative liability of entities.

De Luca & Partners invests in researching and disseminating Employment Law material and for this reason collaborates with Il Sole 24 Ore and with the main employment law publications.

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20 January 2025 • News, Insights

AI in the workplace: the risks of indirect discrimination and how to avoid them (Agenda Digitale, 20 January 2025 – Vittorio De Luca, Giuseppe Arpino)

The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI)-based systems in the workplace is revolutionizing business processes, allowing companies to achieve significant advantages in terms of efficiency, precision, and productivity, even in the management and organization of their workforce. The principle of non-discrimination in the workplace However, the adoption of such tools raises several critical issues, and it ....

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13 January 2025 • News, Insights

Italian Constitutional Court rewrites the rules on de facto cohabitation and family business (The Platform, 13 January 2025 – Vittorio De Luca, Giuseppe Arpino)

With sentence No. 148, published in the Official Gazette on 31 July 2024, the Constitutional Court declared the illegitimacy of Article 230-bis, third paragraph, of the Civil Code, in the part that does not include the ‘de facto cohabitee’ among the participants in the family business. The ruling originates from the claim made by the ....

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9 January 2025 • News, Insights

Jobs act referendum more risks than solutions (Il Sole 24 Ore, 9 January 2025 – Vittorio De Luca)

On December 12, 2024, the Court of Cassation admitted the referendum requests filed in July by the CGIL concerning, among other things, the regulation of unlawful dismissals under the so-called the so-called increasing protection employment contract (“contratto a tutele crescenti” in Italian parlance) under Legislative Decree No. 23/2015.  This system has always interested public opinion ....

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9 January 2025 • News, Insights

Dismissal for just cause due to behaviour outside the workplace

The Supreme Court of Italy, in its ruling 31866/2024, clarified the limits of dismissal for just cause concerning conduct that occurs outside the workplace. The case The case concerns an employee, a bus driver, dismissed for just cause after being sentenced to two years and six months of imprisonment for charges including sexual assault, domestic ....

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8 January 2025 • News, Insights

Penalties may be imposed on the manager who accesses the computer system by using a subordinate’s credentials

“Violates the employer’s directives (even if implicit, but clear) the employee who, although in a hierarchically superior position to the holder of the access credentials to a company’s IT system, has them revealed in order to gain access without specific authorization: the protection of data through access credentials alone is sufficient to make such directives ....

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8 January 2025 • News, Insights

DID YOU KNOW THAT… as of January 12, 2025, the so-called ‘Collegato lavoro’ will enter into force?

Published in the Italian Official Gazette on December 28, 2024, the so-called “Collegato Lavoro” – which contains provisions on labor matters introduced by the Italian Government and connected to the Budget Law – will officially come into force on January 12, 2025. Among the main changes introduced: 

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23 December 2024 • News, Insights

The Italian Court of Cassation confirms the dismissal of an employee who provided false information in reports on work activities 

The Italian Court of Cassation, in the recent sentence no. 26765 dated 15 October 2024, rejected the appeal of a pharmaceutical sales representative who had been dismissed after being caught by his employer lying about the visits made to certain medical doctors as reported in his monthly report.  The Case at issue  The case originates ....

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19 December 2024 • News, Insights

The salary credit fraud. An alert tip for HR managers (Norme & Tributi Plus Lavoro de Il Sole 24 Ore, 19 December 2024 – Vittorio De Luca, Martina De Angeli)

Do you know that if you receive an email from an employee of your organization requesting you to update his or her bank details and informing you of the new bank account (IBAN) on which to credit their next salaries, it could be a fraud?  How does it work?  Some cyber criminals, by setting up ....

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