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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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30 May 2017 • Insights

Installation of video cameras requires the union authorization or an administrative permit

The Court of Cassation, criminal division, with judgement No. 22148/2017, ruled once again on the possibility for the employer to install video cameras without implementing the union directive as per art. 4 of Law No. 300/70. In the case in hand, the Sole Director of a company decided to install at a local subsidiary a ....

30 May 2017 • Insights

Collective dismissal and end of activity: when the company closes down the notification must still be provided within seven days

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 11404 dated 10 May 2017, established that also in the case of collective dismissal due to termination of business, the term of 7 days for notifying the final communication on the application of the selection criteria for workers (criteri di scelta dei lavoratori) as per art. 4, paragraph ....

30 May 2017 • Insights

On the matter of disciplinary dismissal the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement are binding

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 11027 dated 5 May 2017, ruled once again on the subject matter of disciplinary dismissal. In the judgement under review, the Court, recalling previous cases, reconfirmed that the Judge cannot expand the list of just causes or justified reasons for dismissal beyond what is established by the independence ....

30 May 2017 • Insights

Maximum number of sickness absence days: the months are calculated as being of 30 days

The Court of appeal of Milan, with judgement No. 890 dated 6 April 2017, ruled once again on the maximum number of sickness absence days whenever it is expressed in months and the CCNL (Collective bargaining agreement) of the sector in question does not specifically govern the calculation procedure. In the specific case, a worker ....

30 May 2017 • Insights

DID YOU KNOW THAT… there are quantitative limitations for the employment of workers under a fixed-term contract?

Unless otherwise established in the collective bargaining agreements, no more than 20% of employees out of the total number of open term employees can be hired under a fixed-term agreement effective from 1 June of the hiring year. Exceeding this quota leads to an administrative fine of: (i) 20% of the salary paid, for each ....

30 May 2017 • Insights

Self-Employment Jobs Act: main developments

With the final approval of the so called Self-employment Jobs Act – currently pending publication in the Official Gazette – a reform of the Italian laws has been introduced with the goal of providing financial-social protection to self-employed individuals that do not carry out their activity through a business. From a financial protection standpoint, the ....

26 May 2017 • News

“Yes, we only think about work”: the new advertising campaign by De Luca & Partners has been launched

De Luca & Partners’ new ad campaign is live! The creative side of the campaign was developed to reiterate with a bit of irony and a light tone the mission that for 40 years has been characterising our office, which has become a reference point in the labour law sector for national and international companies ....

18 May 2017 • Insights

“Health and Safety, the disclosure on risks is the responsibility of the employer” (Sole 24 Ore and Il Quotidiano del Lavoro, 18 May 2017 – Vittorio De Luca, Federica Parente)

Competitività, innovazione e conciliazione dei tempi di vita e lavoro, il tutto in sicurezza: sono questi i capisaldi della nuova...