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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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11 April 2018 • News

Increased protection and half the number of disputes, Jobs Act promoted by multinationals (Il Sole 24 Ore and Il Quotidiano del Lavoro, 11 April 2018)

A significant reduction in disputes, which have fallen by over 50%. There is also more regulatory certainty, especially as regards the foreseeability of the costs of ‘separating’ company and employee. There is still the thorny issue of ‘labour cost’, which, together with social security expenses, remains a great obstacle for investment and recruitment. These are ....

11 April 2018 • News

Green light for the first edition of the HR Award, a prize dedicated to best practices in the world of work and human resources (Diritto 24 de Il Sole 24 Ore, 11 April 2018)

The aim of the initiative is to promote independent reflection on the principles that inspire outstanding operations which manage to improve competitiveness, while pursuing the well-being of individuals. This year sees the first edition of the Excellence & Innovation HR Award, a prize for businesses operating in Italy, the goal of which is to encourage ....

11 April 2018 • News

Full details of the Italian Excellence & Innovation HR Award (Blacktie, 11 April 2018)

This year sees the launch of the Excellence & Innovation HR Award, on the initiative of the Milan law firm De Luca & Partners. This is a prize for companies operating in Italy and promotes reflection on issues of employment and the management of human resources. The initiative seeks to showcase best practices which manage ....

6 April 2018 • News

HR Breakfast “GDPR: urgent fulfilments for companies” – 19 April 2018

Vittorio De Luca and Elena Cannone will be speakers at the next HR Breakfast “GDPR: urgent fulfilments for companies” organized by De Luca & Partners to deepen the understanding of new regulations for companies after the implementation since 25 May, 2016 of the European Regulation on the topic of personal data protection (“GDPR”). The GDPR ....

5 April 2018 • Insights

The Collective agreement’s lists about “just cause” are no-exhaustive

The Supreme Court (judgement no. 6608/2018) stated that the typing of just cause for dismissal listed in the collective agreements are as an example and are not necessarily binding, having therefore the Court the power to expand or to circumscribe the extent to disciplinary purposes. Within its powers, therefore, the Judge, in the opinion of ....

3 April 2018 • Insights

Substitute allowance in place of the prior notice: penalties and interests

The Court of Cassation, with judgement no. 4211 filed on 21 February 2018, passed a ruling in regard to an opposition against a payment injunction. In the specific case at hand, by said injunction, INPS had demanded payment by a company of penalties and interests on the substitute allowance in place of the prior notice ....

3 April 2018 • Insights

The new developments for companies following the entry into force of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Newsletter AIDP, April 2018 – Vittorio De Luca)

Il 25 maggio 2018 diventerà pienamente applicabile il Regolamento Europeo n. 679 del 2016 sulla protezione dei dati personali (“GDPR”). Ciò determinerà una uniformità della disciplina in materia di trattamento dei dati personali su tutto il territorio europeo. In tal senso, in Italia è stato approvato, in via preliminare, uno schema di decreto che abroga ....

3 April 2018 • Insights

The “Patto di Fabbrica” (Factory Agreement) of 9 March 2018: the new industrial relations

Last 9 March, Italian Trade Unions Confindustria, Cgil, Cisl and Uil, after years of unsuccessful attempts, have signed the so-called “Patto di Fabbrica”, which sets out a framework of shared rules on bargaining, industrial relations, representativeness, welfare and corporate security. The main objective of the Agreement is to modernize and newly define the industrial relations ....