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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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29 August 2024 • News, Insights

DID YOU KNOW THAT…The repêchage obligation (obligation to relocate) also extends to fixed-term contracts?

Dismissal for a justifiable objective reason is unlawful if the employer does not prove that it has offered the worker lower-level positions, even on a fixed term basis. Before proceeding with a dismissal for a justified objective reason, the employer must demonstrate that he/she has explored all possible solutions to relocate the worker within the ....

29 August 2024 • News, Insights

Accident at work: employer’s liability is not limited by appointment of a supervisor

In relation to accidents at work, the appointment of a supervisor is not sufficient to avoid the employer’s conviction. This was established by the Italian Court of Cassation, Criminal Section, judgment of 10 June 2024, no. 23049. The Italian Court of Cassation clarified that the employer must exercise reasonable vigilance to prevent the establishment of ....

1 August 2024 • News, Insights

Are Influencers commercial agents? (Mag Life Style, 1 August 2024 – Vittorio De Luca)

Following the recent cases that marked a significant moment in the evolution of influencers’ activity, highlighting how crucially important authenticity is between influencers, brands and users, the recent intervention of the Court of Rome is of particular interest. In its judgment no. 2615 of 4 March 2024, the Court expressed its opinion on the classification ....

31 July 2024 • News, Insights

Italian Data Protection Authority: no to attendance monitoring via facial recognition and no to monitoring workers’ activities

Recently, the Italian Data Protection Authority (Autorità Garante) has returned to the issue of the use of biometric data in the context of managing employment relationships. “As things stand, current law does not allow the processing of employees’ biometric data for purposes of timekeeping”. This was reiterated by the IDPA in a ruling of 6 ....

31 July 2024 • News, Insights

Italian Constitutional Court: reinstatement even if the fact underlying the dismissal for an objective reason does not exist

In judgment no. 128 of 16 July 2024, the Italian Constitutional Court declared Article 3, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Italian Legislative Decree no 23/2015 to be unconstitutional. The Court made this finding on the basis that the provision does not provide that the mitigated reinstatement protection also applies in cases of dismissal for justified ....

31 July 2024 • News, Insights

DID YOU KNOW THAT… there are criminal penalties for unlawful contracting, secondment and staff supply work? 

Italian Decree-Law no. 19/2024 (converted by Italian Law no. 56/2024) increased penalties for unlawfully carrying out staff supply work, contracting and secondment by expanding the cases for which there are criminal penalties. In summary, contracting, secondment, and staff supply work are considered unlawful when workers are used without meeting legal requirements, for evasive purposes, and ....

25 July 2024 • News, Insights

The conundrum of the most representative trade union organisations and identifying the applicable CCNL (Norme e Tributi Plus Diritto – Il Sole 24 Ore, 25 July 2024 – Vittorio De Luca, Roberta Padula, Alessandro Ferrari)

In a judgment of 10 April 2024, the Court of Campobasso dealt with a topic that, in recent years, has assumed ever greater importance in our legal system, namely the identification of national collective bargaining agreements signed by the “most representative trade union”. In a context in which Italian legislation refers, more and more frequently, ....

3 July 2024 • Insights, News

Company e-mail and metadata: the Italian Data Protection Authority updates the guideline document (Economy Magazine, July 1, 2024 – Vittorio De Luca, Martina De Angeli)

The Italian Data Protection Authority (‘IDPA’) recently returned to the issue of corporate email metadata retention by the employer. The order of 6 June 2024, entitled “Computer programs and services for the management of e-mail in the workplace and processing of metadata”, extends the retention period for metadata from 7 to 21 days. This new ....