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28 June 2024 • News, Insights

Employee dismissal for unjustified absence on a public holiday is unlawful (Newsletter Norme & Tributi n. 179 Camera di Commercio Italo-Germanica – Vittorio De Luca, Roberta Padula)

In judgment no. 8956 of 4 April 2024, the Italian Court of Cassation addressed the issue of whether dismissal of an employee for taking unjustified absence on a public holiday is unlawful. An employee initiated legal proceedings to obtain a declaration that her dismissal was unlawful. The disciplinary offence alleged against her was “unjustified absence ....

27 June 2024 • News, Insights

IA nel mercato del lavoro: guida per adeguarsi all’AI Act (Agenda Digitale, 27 giugno 2024 – Vittorio De Luca)

Negli ultimi anni, complici l’evoluzione tecnologica e la pervasiva informatizzazione del lavoro, le realtà produttive di tutto il mondo si sono trovate ad affrontare importanti cambiamenti, spesso in assenza di un apparato di regole entro cui muoversi. In questo contesto, l’avvento dell’intelligenza artificiale ha rappresentato un elemento di novità, con rischi e potenzialità inesplorate che ....

25 June 2024 • News, Insights

Revocation of dismissal: to reinstate the employment relationship, it is sufficient to send the notice of revocation within 15 days

With judgment no. 16630 of 14 June 2024, the Italian Court of Cassation ruled that to reinstate the employment relationship under Article 18, paragraph 10, of the Workers’ Charter, it is sufficient for the employer to send the notice of revocation of dismissal within 15 days of the notice of dismissal, although it is not ....

25 June 2024 • News, Insights

Unlawful intermediation and labour exploitation: Model 231 becomes a company guarantee certificate

“Ethical codes, management and control models, and sustainability certifications are meaningless when, for the sake of achieving the highest profit at the lowest possible cost, a production system is allowed to be created down the chain that is based on production with an exploited workforce”. This is the conclusion of the Public Prosecutor at the ....

25 June 2024 • News, Insights

DID YOU KNOW THAT… The Italian National Labour Inspectorate (Ispettorato Nazionale del Lavoro, ‘INL’) has provided the first operational guidelines on the sanctions regime for unlawful staff supply work, contracting and secondment?

In note no. 1091/2024 of 18 June 2024, the INL provided the first operational guidelines on the changes introduced by Italian Decree-Law no. 19/2024 regarding the sanctions regime for unauthorised staff supply work, contracting and secondment. Article 29, paragraph 4 of Italian Decree-Law no. 19/2024 has, in fact, reinstated the criminal offences of unlawful staff ....

19 June 2024 • News, Insights

Italian Data Protection Authority (‘IDPA’): guidelines on the use of company email management programs and on so-called “metadata” retention have been updated following recent public consultation by the IDPA

With order no. 364 of 6 June 2024 called “Computer programs and services for the management of e-mail in the workplace and metadata processing”, the IDPA has returned to the topic of company e-mail metadata retention. What is “metadata”?  “Metadata” does not mean information contained in the “body” of the email but rather the information ....

17 June 2024 • Insights, News

Businesses and privacy, the keys to good management (Affari & Finanza of La Repubblica, 17 June 2024 – Vittorio De Luca)

Data has become the new oil and its role is likely to grow further as digital becomes more central to our lives. This has important implications for privacy, as Vittorio De Luca, founder of the law firm De Luca & Partners, points out. “the EU legislator has intervened significantly in this area over the last ....

14 June 2024 • Insights, News

De Luca: “Companies will increasingly invest in people” (EticaNews, June 14, 2024 – Vittorio De Luca)

Vittorio De Luca explains that compliance with environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues is central to the firm’s initiatives and sustainability policies. He highlights that the range of companies seeking assistance on these issues is very varied with no sector taking prevalence. We are witnessing the start of changes in organisational culture, of traditional form ....