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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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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 ....

31 March 2016 • Insights

Court of Cassation: key ingredients for an agreement having definitive effects

With its judgment No. 3306 of 19 February 2016, the Court of Cassation confirmed the legal principle already stated in the Court’s decision No. 22540 of 2 October 2013, in virtue of which “the employee’s action aimed at recognition of rights connected to previous employment, cannot be precluded by generic, all-inclusive forms of waiver, in ....

31 March 2016 • Insights

On line resignation: the first critical aspects

On 12 March 2016, the new procedure came into force governing online resignation and termination by agreement, introduced by the Jobs Act. However, there are certain critical aspects of the new procedure. Firstly, there is an initial doubt regarding the procedure’s application in the case of resignation during an employee’s trial period. On the one ....

31 March 2016 • Insights

Court of Cassation: the burden of proof in regard to the suitability of employees lies with the employer

With its judgment No. 4502 of 8 March 2016, the Court of Cassation declared it illegal to dismiss an employee on the grounds of that employee’s refusal to perform new duties in a different company unit, when the employee in question complains that he/she is physically unsuitable for such duties without, however, providing written evidence ....

31 March 2016 • Insights

Court of Cassation: the choice of place of employment comes within the employer’s organizational powers

With its judgment No. 5056 of 15 March 2016, the Court of Cassation established that the determination of the place of employment comes within the employer’s organizational powers, and is only limited by the provisions governing the question of employee transfers. In the case in hand, the local Court of Appeal confirmed the court of ....

31 March 2016 • Insights

Reform of civil proceedings: the end of the Fornero procedure

On 10 March 2016, the Chamber of Deputies approved Bill No. A.C. 2953-A empowering Government to carry out a broad reform of civil proceedings, with a view to specializing and simplifying legal procedures, that among other things introduces changes also to the procedure to be followed in cases of unlawful dismissal. The Bill abrogates all ....