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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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23 June 2015 • Insights

Office closing? New job duties (Il Sole 24 ore, 23 june 2015, page 51)

The implementing legislative decree of the Jobs Act on the overhaul of contract types is ready for publication in the Official Gazette.

23 June 2015 • Insights

JOBS ACT: THE REFORM OF ARTICLE 2103 OF THE CIVIL CODE AND TWO CASES OF IUS VARIANDI

The Legislative Decree on contracts passed by the Council of Ministers reforms article 2103 of the Civil Code including the possibility for employers to unilaterally change a worker’s job duties within the same level and contractual legal employment category. Thus it will no longer be necessary to perform an evaluation on the equivalence of the duties for the purpose of clarifying the legitimacy of ius variandi.

22 June 2015 • Insights

RISK OF STALEMATE FOR JOB ON CALL

In the new provisions for temporary work contracts, contained in the implementing legislative decree of the Jobs Act on the overhaul of contract types, the referral to applicable “objective cases” governed by Ministerial Decree of 23 October 2004 was not spared. It in turn referred to activity of a non-continuous nature already identified by a Royal Decree of 1923.

22 June 2015 • Insights

JOBS ACT: PART-TIME CONTRACT BECOMES SIMPLER

The code of contracts brings some significant changes to laws regarding part-time work. To cite only the most important ones, in terms of overtime the reform states that the employer’s request for performance of overtime may regard more than just single days, but also weeks or months and, even without specific collective provisions, the employer can ask the employee to perform additional work compared to the reduced hours, for up to 25% of the agreed upon weekly hours of work.

18 June 2015 • News

Focus Jobs Act: “New flexibilities and work productivity” – Milan (18-19 June) and Rome (23-24 June)

Alberto De Luca, of De Luca & Partners, was involved as a lecturer at the course “New flexibilities and work productivity” organised by Convenia in Milan (18-19 June 2015) and Rome (23-24 June 2015).

17 June 2015 • Insights

Employment procedures defined by contracts or by the ministry (Il Sole 24 Ore, 17 June 2015, Page 41)

Temporary work (or job on call) is an employment contract whereby the worker makes himself available for non-continuous or temporary work, identified by...

16 June 2015 • Insights

Part time – Overtime even without agreements (Il Sole 24 ore, 16 june 2015, page 45)

The main introductions regarding part-time work concern the topic of working time changes, which has always been a relevant subject for the legislator.