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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

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 ....

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...

3 May 2017 • Insights

Unfair dismissal: the indemnity paid to the unfairly dismissed manager must be taxed

The Lombardy Territorial Court, with judgement No. 33/33/17, confirmed that the indemnity paid to a manager consequently to unfair dismissal challenged judicially and settled (the Industry Executives National Collective Bargaining Agreement applied to this specific case) is not compensatory in nature and is thus subject to taxation. As a matter of fact, this indemnity may ....

2 May 2017 • Insights

DID YOU KNOW THAT… there are new rules regarding joint liability for tender contracts?

Law decree No. 25 has been converted into Law No. 49 dated 20 April with which, among other things, on the topic of tender contracts, the benefit of prior discussion of the main debtor (introduced in 2012) has been abolished. Therefore, the client may be attacked even before the contractor for any wage claims, social ....

2 May 2017 • Insights

The Legislative Decree that amends the procedures for the fight against bribery and corruption in the private sector has been approved. There is news also for the Organizational Models

On 30 March 2017, Legislative Decree No. 38/2017, related to the fight against bribery and corruption in the private sector has been approved. This piece of legislation extends the range of active subjects committing the offence as detailed in art. 2635 of the civil code, including – in addition to those that hold actual key ....

2 May 2017 • Insights

The decree implementing the so-called “Ape sociale” has been signed

On 19 April 2017, the President of the Council of Ministers signed the decree implementing the so-called “Ape sociale”. This is an experimental measure, effective from 1 May 2017 to 31 December 2018, designed to accompany to retirement disadvantaged workers or those who are under conditions of distress. In particular, the workers who can benefit ....

2 May 2017 • Insights

INPS Message 1652 dated 14 April 2017; vouchers and transitional period

As known, with decree No. 25/2017, approved in March by the Government and converted into law by Parliament (law No. 49/2017), the regulation regarding casual work has been repealed and, consequently, the abrogative referendum has been cancelled. INPS, with message No. 1652 dated 14 April 2017, has thus issued instructions to guide the operators in ....