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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.

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30 June 2016 • Insights

Court of Cassation: the reasons for dismissal must always be stated

With its judgement no. 11595 dated 6 June 2016, the Court of Cassation ruled that in the case of dismissal of public servants who have reached the seniority age limit, the reasons for dismissal must always be given, even if applicable laws do not set forth the obligation to do so. The judgment refers to ....

30 June 2016 • Insights

Court of Cassation: no objective responsibility on injuries

With its judgement no. 12347 dated 15 June 2016, the Court of Cassation held that the civil responsibility of the employer as set forth by article 2087 of the Italian Civil Code may only be asserted if the injury is caused by breach of the behavioural obligations set forth by law or skills relevant to ....

30 June 2016 • Insights

The first corrective decree of the Jobs Act

On 11 June 2016, the Ministries’ Council preliminarily approved the first corrective decree of the Jobs Act, which contains a number of changes and revisions. On the question of “accessory” work, the Government states that employers who use this type of work service, must forward to the competent Labour Inspectorate of the territory, by text ....

30 June 2016 • Insights

Video surveillance: note of the Ministry of Labour no. 1241 dated 1 June 2016

Pursuant to note no. 1241 dated 1 June 2016, the Ministry of Labour stated that a video surveillance system cannot be installed prior to, or without, specific agreements with the workers trade unions or, failing this, an authorisation issued by the relevant Territorial Department of Labour. On one hand, the Ministry stated that violation exists ....

27 June 2016 • Insights, News

Company welfare “But the monetary limits remain too low (Corriere Economia, 27 June 2016)

The comment of Mr. Vittorio De Luca regarding company welfare was quoted in an article written in Corriere Economic on 27 June 2016. Everything seems ready for the start-up of a project to provide incentives for company welfare. Clarifications have arrived from the Ministry of Labour and the Italian Tax Authority for the provisions included ....

30 May 2016 • News

Conferences “Discrimination in the Jobs Act era” – Convenia, Milan (15 june 2016)

Alberto De Luca and Elena Cannone were speakers at the conference “Discrimination in the Jobs Act era” organised by Convenia in Milan on 15 June 2016. Click here to read more.

27 May 2016 • Insights

Lombardy TAR (regional administrative court of law): a like on Facebook may trigger a disciplinary sanction

By way of order No. 246/2016, the third division of the Lombardy TAR faces the issue of the disciplinary significance of the opinion given by a civil servant in a social network, even if given as a private user. In the case at issue, a prison officer was suspended from service for a month for ....

27 May 2016 • Insights

Court of Cassation: the repêchage obligation does not impose the assignment to lower jobs

By way of judgment No. 9467/2016 the Court of Cassation has stated that the dismissal for justified objective grounds is lawful if the employer gives “evidence as to both the fact that the dismissal may be specifically referred to initiatives related to actual productive and organisational reasons, and as to the impossibility to use the ....