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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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25 June 2024 • News, Insights

DID YOU KNOW THAT… The Italian National Labour Inspectorate (Ispettorato Nazionale del Lavoro, ‘INL’) has provided the first operational guidelines on the sanctions regime for unlawful staff supply work, contracting and secondment?

In note no. 1091/2024 of 18 June 2024, the INL provided the first operational guidelines on the changes introduced by Italian Decree-Law no. 19/2024 regarding the sanctions regime for unauthorised staff supply work, contracting and secondment. Article 29, paragraph 4 of Italian Decree-Law no. 19/2024 has, in fact, reinstated the criminal offences of unlawful staff ....

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19 June 2024 • News, Insights

Italian Data Protection Authority (‘IDPA’): guidelines on the use of company email management programs and on so-called “metadata” retention have been updated following recent public consultation by the IDPA

With order no. 364 of 6 June 2024 called “Computer programs and services for the management of e-mail in the workplace and metadata processing”, the IDPA has returned to the topic of company e-mail metadata retention. What is “metadata”?  “Metadata” does not mean information contained in the “body” of the email but rather the information ....

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17 June 2024 • Insights, News

Businesses and privacy, the keys to good management (Affari & Finanza of La Repubblica, 17 June 2024 – Vittorio De Luca)

Data has become the new oil and its role is likely to grow further as digital becomes more central to our lives. This has important implications for privacy, as Vittorio De Luca, founder of the law firm De Luca & Partners, points out. “the EU legislator has intervened significantly in this area over the last ....

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14 June 2024 • Insights, News

De Luca: “Companies will increasingly invest in people” (EticaNews, June 14, 2024 – Vittorio De Luca)

Vittorio De Luca explains that compliance with environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues is central to the firm’s initiatives and sustainability policies. He highlights that the range of companies seeking assistance on these issues is very varied with no sector taking prevalence. We are witnessing the start of changes in organisational culture, of traditional form ....

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30 May 2024 • News, Insights

A resignation submitted by a worker under threat of dismissal will be annulled (Newsletter Norme & Tributi n. 178 Camera di Commercio Italo-Germanica – Vittorio De Luca, Irene Crisci)

With judgment no. 7190 of 18 March 2024, the Italian Court of Cassation addressed the issue of the validity of a resignation submitted by an employee under threat of dismissal by the employer. The employee initiated legal proceedings to have his resignation declared null and, in the alternative, void and to obtain a finding that ....

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29 May 2024 • News, Insights

Employment Law and Data Protection: worker has right to access his or her personal file and information that gave rise to disciplinary sanction

The Italian Data Protection Authority (‘IDPA’), with a Ruling of 7 March 2024 [announced in the Newsletter of 3 May 2024] upheld a complaint filed by a worker who had asked her former employer company for access to her personal file to find out what information could have given rise to a disciplinary sanction against ....

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29 May 2024 • News, Insights

Employer bears burden of proof of payment of remuneration

By order no. 10663 of 19 April 2024, the Italian Court of Cassation stated that the employer bears the burden of proof in proving that remuneration has been properly paid. The facts of the case The worker filed an application for summary judgment to obtain an order against the company to pay the amount indicated ....

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29 May 2024 • News, Insights

DID YOU KNOW THAT… Union negotiated conciliation agreements signed at company headquarters are invalid?

Conciliation agreements negotiated with the help of a union cannot be validly concluded at the company’s headquarters. This is because company headquarters do not fall within “protected locations” (sedi protette) which are neutral and guarantee, together with the assistance provided by the union representative, that the worker is free to make his or her own ....

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