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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 April 2016 • Insights

Court of Cassation: behavioural standards to be considered when determining the existence of an accident on the way to and from work in case of use of a bicycle

By judgment no. 7313 published on 13 April 2016, the Court of Cassation has ruled that, in order to assess the existence of an accident on the way to and from work in case of use of a bicycle, it is necessary to keep into account not only the distance between home and workplace but ....

29 April 2016 • Insights

Court of Cassation: right of access to personal records

By judgment no. 6775 of 7 April 2016, the Court of Cassation has asserted the right of workers to access their personal records, containing the documents and acts relative to the professional pathway and career advancement whilst in employment. In this case, a woman had repeatedly asked her employer to access, pursuant to Article 13 ....

29 April 2016 • Insights

EU Parliament: new data protection package

On 14 April 2016, the EU Parliament has approved the texts of the Regulation and Directive on personal data protection. The new “data protection package” has the objective of updating the European regulations, which date back to 1995 – that is, to a time when many of the new technologies did not even exist – ....

21 April 2016 • News

“Smart working” webinar – 21 April 2016, Willis Towers Watson

Vittorio De Luca was a speaker at the “Smart working” webinar, organised by Willis Towers Watson on 21 April 2016 from 9:30 am to 10:30 am. The results of a pulse survey on Smart working policies that are currently present in Italy were presented during the webinar. The survey was aimed at portraying the practices ....

12 April 2016 • News

“The management of employment contracts after the Reform” – Convenia, Milan (12 April 2016), Rome (19 April 2016)

Alberto De Luca was one of the speakers at the conference “The management of employment contracts after the Reform” organised by Convenia in Milan on 12 April 2016 and in Rome on 19 April 2016.   Click here to download the programme.

1 April 2016 • News

“The advantages of Corporate Welfare for the company and the worker” – 1 April 2016, ODCEC – Sala Convegni, Corso Europa, 11, Milan

Enrico De Luca, of De Luca & Partners, was a speaker at the convention “Company Welfare – The advantages for the company and for the worker“, organised by ODCEC on 1 April 2016 at Sala Convegni, Corso Europa, 11, Milan. Click here for additional information.

31 March 2016 • Insights

Court of Cassation: no mobbing if there is negligence

With its judgment No. 2116/2016, the Court of Cassation reiterated that no mobbing shall be deemed to have occurred in the absence of a specific vexatious plan aimed at the gradual personal and professional demolition of the employee in question. The employer must safeguard the physical well-being and moral character of employees. In this sense, ....

31 March 2016 • Insights

Court of Cassation: unlawful dismissal when failure to have a medical examination does not constitute a precondition of serious breach of contract

With its judgment No. 4695 of 10 March 2016, the Court of Cassation declared as unlawful the dismissal for just cause of an employee who (i) was not present for the home medical visit during the period of illness in question, and (ii) failed to have a medical examination at the doctor’s surgery the following ....