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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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23 April 2024 • Insights, News

Part-time does not detract from quality 

The quantity of work is not synonymous with the quality of the work. Therefore, if it is a question of comparing a part-time worker with a full-time worker in relation to the amount of work performed (quantity), it is appropriate to apportion the salary based on the hours worked (so that the part-time worker receives, ....

10 April 2024 • Insights, News

Panel: “Breakout session one: Legal obligations in a borderless workplace” (Annual IBA Employment and Diversity Law Conference 2024, 10 Apr – 12 Apr 2024 – Vittorio De Luca)

On April 11, Vittorio De Luca will attend as a panelist at the Annual IBA Employment and Diversity Law Conference 2024 during the panel entitled: “Panel: Breakout session one: Legal obligations in a borderless workplace”.A) for the Annual IBA Employment and Diversity Law Conference 2024. FOCUS The rise of digital nomads, satellite employees and Employers ....

4 April 2024 • News, Insights

Protected period (periodo di comporto) and indirect discrimination against the disabled: the Court of Ravenna refers the matter to the European Court of Justice (Modulo 24 Contenzioso Lavoro by Il Sole 24 Ore, 2 April 2024 – Vittoria De Luca, Alessandra Zilla)

With its order of 4 January 2024, the Court of Ravenna referred to the European Court of Justice the judgment on the Italian legislation on the calculation of absences from work caused by disabling diseases in the protected period (periodo di comporto). The question posed to the European Court of Justice can be summarised as ....

31 March 2024 • News, Insights

Conversion of the part-time contract into full-time due to concluding facts (Newsletter Norme & Tributi n. 176 Camera di Commercio Italo-Germanica – Vittorio De Luca, Irene Crisci)

With judgment no. 4350 of 19 February 2024, the Supreme Court of Cassation addressed the issue of conversion of the part-time employment contract into full-time in circumstances where the worker is constantly working extra hours and overtime. The employee brought a legal case to obtain the ascertainment of the conversion of the employment relationship to ....

28 March 2024 • News, Insights

Health and Safety: new licence for businesses and the self-employed

From 1 October 2024, businesses and self-employed workers operating on temporary or mobile construction sites, as defined by the Consolidated Safety Act (specifically, Article 89, paragraph 1, letter a), of Italian Legislative Decree no. 81/2008), are required to have a licence, in digital format, issued by the competent local office of the Italian National Labour ....

28 March 2024 • News, Insights

Italian Court of Cassation: worker who resigns not entitled to compensation in lieu of notice

In its recent Order no. 6782 of 14 March 2024, the Italian Court of Cassation affirmed the following principle of law: “in the case of a permanent employment relationship, the employer’s waiver of the notice period, in the face of the worker’s resignation, does not give rise to the latter’s right to obtain compensation in ....

27 March 2024 • News, Insights

Artificial Intelligence and Human Resources: what challenges should an HR Manager prepare for? (AIDP, 27 March 2024 – Stefania Raviele, Martina De Angeli) 

In a context where technology is advancing rapidly, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising the global work landscape, driving profound changes and opening up horizons that were previously unimaginable.   The law is therefore called, once again, to regulate new scenarios that do not conform to traditional legal paradigms. The first step in this direction comes from ....

26 March 2024 • Insights, News

DID YOU KNOW THAT… Italian Decree-Law PNRR-bis, in force from 2 March 2024, introduced important changes to the law relating to contracting-out?

Italian Decree-Law no. 19 of 2 March 2024 (‘DL PNRR-bis’), in force from that date, introduced important changes to the employment sector, particularly regarding contracting-out and employment agency entities. The most important changes are summarised below: Contracting-out thresholds: contractors and subcontractors must pay personnel employed under the contract overall remuneration that is not lower than ....