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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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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

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 ....

9 January 2018 • Insights

Clarifications from the Data Protection Authority on the Protection of Personal Data

The Data Protection Authority, on 15 December 2017, published on its official website a series of clarifications regarding the appointment and duties of the Data Protection Officer (“DPO”). More specifically, the Data Protection Officer must have specific skills, preferably, whenever appointed internally, be a Manager or a high ranking professional to be appointed with a ....

8 January 2018 • Insights

Employment & Labour Law – Global Legal Insights, Sixth Edition (Vittorio De Luca, Roberta Padula and Claudia Cerbone)

The sixth edition of the Employment & Labour Law guide, updated to 2018 and extended to 29 countries around the world, was made available a few days ago. The book, published in English by Global Legal Group publisher, is a summary of the trends in the labour market, legislative changes, recent court judgments, employers’ decisions ....

15 December 2017 • Insights

Prevention and Organizational System under the Privacy Regulation (Newsletter Norme & Tributi No. 119 – Italian-German Chamber of Commerce – Vittorio De Luca, Luciano Vella)

On 25 May, 2018, the European Regulation on the protection of personal data will become fully operative. The Regulation has the primary goal of harmonizing the protection system in terms of privacy at the European level, focusing on the concept of accountability of the Data Controller (in this case, the individual company). This concept entails ....

14 December 2017 • Insights

Whistleblowing has become a national law (Il Commerci@lista, Labour and Social Security November/December 2017, Vittorio De Luca – Giulia Galli)

Dopo un lungo inter parlamentare, durato quasi due anni, il 15 novembre 2017, la Camera dei Deputati ha approvato il disegno di legge n. 2208 che disciplina il cosiddetto whistleblowing. La necessità di adottare tale provvedimento era stata sollecitata, ormai da tempo, da...

30 November 2017 • Insights

When dismissal ordered due to failure to successfully overcome a probation period is lawful

The Court of Brescia, with its judgement dated 3 November 2017, has declared lawful a dismissal ordered to a female employee due to her failure to successfully overcome the probation period. In particular, the employee claimed that probation period agreement attached to the job contract was void due to the undefined tasks assigned, since she ....

29 November 2017 • Insights

Travel allowance, 50% taxability rate if fixed

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 27093 dated 15 November 2017 issued during a Plenary Sitting, intervened on the matter of travel allowance and related taxability and contributory regime. The Supreme Court, overruling its previous stance, consolidated as from judgement No. 396/2012, stated that “habitual travel allowances, payable to operators who, by contract, must ....