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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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17 January 2018 • Insights
11 January 2018 • News

Webinar “Productivity and the Welfare” – Master on-line Il Sole24 Ore, 1° edition Smart Working & Lavoro 4.0 (11 January 2018)

On the topic of employee remuneration, two main trends have been taking shape in the past few years: on the one hand, the progressing movement of employee remunerations from the “fixed” side to the “variable” one, with the positive consequence of an increase in productivity; on the other hand, the attempt to overcome – at ....

9 January 2018 • Insights

DO YOU KNOW THAT… the part-time working hours can be changed with the provision of flexible clauses?

The parties may include in the part-time employment agreement, according to article 6 of Legislative Decree 81/2015, flexible clauses related to (i) the change in the scheduled arrangement of the service or (ii) the increase in its duration. The worker is entitled to two business-day notice, unless otherwise agreed by the parties. If the flexible ....

9 January 2018 • Insights

Dismissal justified by objective reasons: redistribution of tasks and increase in profits

The Court of Cassation, with its judgement No. 29238 dated 6 December 2017, ruled once again on the legitimacy of dismissal due to removal of the job position occurred as a result of a reorganisation aimed at increasing the efficiency and profitability of the company. First of all, the Court of Cassation upheld in its ....

9 January 2018 • Insights

Dismissal of an employee who carries out other activities while on leave referred to in Law no. 104 is lawful

The Court of Cassation, with its judgement No. 29613 dated 11 December 2017, declared lawful the dismissal for just cause ordered to an employee who carried out another activity during his absence from work, in addition to an injury, to assist a family member with disability pursuant to article 33 of Law 104/1992. In particular, ....

9 January 2018 • Insights

Budget law 2018: new developments on labour and social security

The Budget Law 2018 was published in the Official Gazette No. 302 dated 29 December 2017, which was approved by the Senate last 23 December and on which the Government placed its trust. The main news in the field of employment and social security include: (i) a 50% social security contribution allowance for a maximum ....

9 January 2018 • Insights

No training and administrative liability of the organization

With its judgement No. 53285 dated 23 November 2017, the Court of Cassation confirmed some fundamental principles regarding administrative liability pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/2001 and safety in the workplace. In particular, according to the Court of Cassation, the pre-requisites for the administrative liability for advantages or in the interest of the entity (i) must ....

9 January 2018 • Insights

As of 1 January 2018, the new requirements will be in force on mandatory hiring

In 2018, employers meeting specific prerequisites will have to meet the requirements of the new laws on mandatory hiring. The provisions of Legislative Decree No. 151/2015 come into force on 1 January 2018 – the effective date of which was originally planned for 2017 and subsequently postponed until 2018 due to the effect of the ....