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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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27 February 2017 • Insights

Top managers who do not make use of vacation days are not entitled to receive substitutive allowance

The Court of Cassation, with judgement no. 2000 dated 26 January 2017, ruled once again on the right of top managers to obtain substitutive allowance for any accrued vacation days not taken and on the related burden of proof. Specifically, the Court stated that this right (and the resulting burden of proof) is closely connected ....

27 February 2017 • Insights

Dismissal of an employee who refuses to carry out lower rank tasks, even if he/she is present at the workplace

The Court of Cassation, with judgement no. 1912 dated 25 January 2017, confirmed the decision of the Judges of the Court of Rome, declaring lawful the dismissal for just cause ordered for an employee who, having been assigned to lower rank duties, repeatedly refused to perform the new tasks at the workplace, assuming a contemptuous ....

27 February 2017 • Insights

Massive, prolonged and indiscriminate monitoring on computer tools provided to employees are forbidden

With measure no. 547 dated 22 December 2016 and published in the newsletter of 17 February 2017, the Privacy Authority for the protection of personal data reaffirmed that an employer cannot access indiscriminately emails or personal data contained in the devices provided to employees. According to the Privacy Authority, the employer, in spite of having ....

27 February 2017 • Insights

An employer may terminate the union agreement on performance bonus

The Court of Naples, with judgement no. 342 filed on 7 February 2017, ruled that an employer may terminate the company collective agreement concerning the performance bonus provided that such option is included in the original agreement and implemented within the terms agreed between the parties. This is because when a contractual relationship between two ....

27 February 2017 • Insights

Lawful dismissal for an employee who sells products of his/her employer on the Internet under a false name

The Labour Division of the Milan Court with judgement no. 4703 dated 20 February 2017, ruled on the appeal pursuant to article 1, paragraph 48 and following of Law 92/2012 filed by an employee against dismissal for just cause ordered by one of our client Companies for having sold on the Internet, under false name, ....

17 February 2017 • News

Workshop “Procurement Practices in the Exhibit Installation Sector – Labor Law Considerations” – Made Expo – Inail, Milan (8 March 2017)

De Luca & Partners at MADE EXPO. On 8 March 2017, Vittorio De Luca partecipated as guest speaker at the INAIL workshop titled “Procurement Practices in the Exhibit Installation Sector – Labor Law Considerations”  

31 January 2017 • Insights

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

Also this year, De Luca & Partners participated in the drafting of the 5th edition of the Employment & Labour Law volume, which is part of the Global Legal Insights collection. Click here to read the detailed article.