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Research, training and international collaborations

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 October 2015 • Insights

The employer’s disciplinary power and proportion of penalties compared to the accusation

The Milan Court, Employment Section, with her sentence, rejected an appeal submitted by three employees of our Client, who had challenged some conservative disciplinary sanctions inflicted on them (specifically suspension from work and pay), considering them disproportionate since the employer (i) had tolerated their minor breaches for years and (ii) had given them a warning ....

1 October 2015 • Insights

Laws overhauling contracts: relaunch of second level contracts

With the enactment of the “Laws overhauling contracts”, namely Italian Legislative Decree no. 81/2015, a new phase is starting in contractual dynamics and trade union bargaining. There is a significant expansion of the areas where second level agreements can deviate from the general rules of various contractual regulations thus allowing employers to adapt them to ....

1 October 2015 • Insights

CCNL: negotiations for 23 worker categories to start

Autumn 2015 looks like it is going to be a hot one as negotiations are set to start for the renewal of 23 different national collective contracts. The renewal of the most important contracts includes the metalworking sector and chemical-pharmaceutical industry. The negotiations will take place in a context where important employment-related legal reforms have ....

1 October 2015 • Insights

Cassation Court 7 August 2015: the worker and refusal to work on midweek holidays

With its ruling 16592 of 7 August 2015, the Cassation Court declared disciplinary sanction null, specifically a fine, imposed by a clothing company on a salesperson who did not go to work the day of Epiphany, which at the time was during the week. According to the Cassation Court the worker, in accordance with article ....

1 October 2015 • Insights

Cassation Court 1 September 2015: succession of contracts and illegality of probation period

With its ruling no. 17371 of 1 September 2015, the Cassation Court established that a probation period cannot be included in the employment contract, if the hired employee had already performed an identical job at a different company, but that company had had the same contract. The judges further stated that regarding this principle, it ....

21 September 2015 • News

“New employment contract laws after the Jobs Act” – 24 – 25 September 2015, Convenia, Milan

Alberto De Luca, of De Luca & Partners, was one of the speakers at the convention “New employment contract laws after the Jobs Act” organised by Convenia in Milan and by streaming (24 – 25 September 2015).   Click here to download the programme.

18 September 2015 • News

21.09.2015 Webinar Invitation: “Jobs act: benefit, taxation, main terms and conditions”

A free webinar organized by Invest in Lombardy in collaboration with the law firm De Luca & Partners. Register now!

16 September 2015 • News

Studio Marco Piva – Restyling De Luca & Partners

Studio De Luca diventa De Luca & Partners! Nuovo nome, nuovo logo, nuovo sito: una ulteriore evoluzione dello studio legale che ha vissuto da protagonista il diritto del lavoro italiano dal 1976.