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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

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 ....

30 May 2017 • Insights

Remote work: health and safety in the workplace

With the main goal of balancing private life and work, DDL 2233-B has been approved in its final version, which, in fact, governs the so-called remote work, that is the type of work performed outside of the employer’s premises and without specific requirements in terms of working hours. The intrinsic characteristics of remote work clearly ....

30 May 2017 • Insights

The new rules governing merit-based indemnity

Effective 1 April 2017, the new method for the calculation of the merit-based indemnity for sales agents established by article 11 of the Collective bargaining agreement for the industrial sector (Aec Industria) signed by the social partners on 30 July 2014. The new rules, which follow closely the method adopted by the German Commercial Code, ....

30 May 2017 • Insights

The first operating guide on the application of the European Regulation on the protection of personal data has been published

The Personal Data Protection Authority has prepared and published the first operating guide on the application of European Regulation No. 2016/679, which is now available on its official website. The operating guide includes 6 sections: (i) Legal grounds for processing; (ii) Information notice; (iii) Rights of the Interested Parties; (iv) Data Controller, Data Processor and ....

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 ....