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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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Fraudulent staff-leasing: clarifications from the Labour Inspectorate

On 12 August 2018, the conversion law No. 96/2018 of Decree Law No. 87/2018 (the so-called Dignity Decree) came into force, which, among other things, reintroduced the crime…

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The “new” protection of trade secrets

The Italian Government with Legislative Decree No. 63/2018 (the "Decree") implemented the EU Directive No. 2016/943 (the "Directive") on the protection of the so-called "undisclosed know-how" and business…

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Do you know that... Effective from May 6, 2019 those who do not wish to receive snail mail must register in the Italian Do Not Call Registry?

On 19 January, the Official Gazette published the “Regulation amending the Presidential Decree No. 178/2010 on the matter of the Do Not Call Registry concerning the use of…

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Dismissal based on a future corporate transfer is unlawful

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 3186 of 4 February 2019, stated that dismissal based on a future corporate transfer (through merger) with consequent unification of departments,…

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Refusal to transform the employment relationship from full time to part time is evidence of a "repêchage" attempt

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 1499 dated 21 January 2019, confirmed the principle of law according to which, concerning dismissal due to justified objective grounds, it…

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Riders are “hetero-organised” contractors

The Court of Appeal of Turin, with judgement No.26 filed on 11 January 2019 and published on 4 February, has partially accepted the appeal filed by 5 bike-delivery…

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Burden of proof for verbal dismissal rests with the employee (Il Quotidiano del Lavoro of Il Sole 24 Ore), 21 February 2019 – Alberto De Luca, Raffaele Di Vuolo)

The allocation of the burden of proof in appeals against verbal dismissal is once again in the spotlight. In fact, in judgment 3822 of 8 February 2019, the…

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The layoff of a manager for cost cutting reasons uncontestable (Il Quotidiano del Lavoro of Il Sole 24 Ore, 14 February 2019 – Alberto De Luca, Gabriele Scafati)

In judgment No. 436/2019 filed on 10 January 2019 the Court of Cassation confirmed that, based on the constitutional principle of freedom of private economic initiative (art. 41…

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