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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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9 July 2015 • Insights

Court of Cassation, 9 July 2015, no. 14310: disciplinary dismissal for poor performance

With ruling no. 14310/2015, the Court of Cassation declared disciplinary dismissal for poor performance legitimate for an employee dismissed by a telephone service provider. The employee in question had reached income levels between October 2008 and March 2009 lower than the individual performance he had achieved in a previous period and that of his colleagues.

9 July 2015 • Insights

Court of Cassation, 9 July 2015, no. 14322: non-contractual liability of the employer who provides incorrect information

With its ruling no. 14233/2015, the Court of Cassation announced the principle according to which the employer is liable, even if it is not included in the contract, if he provides inexact information regarding the pension procedures for his employees who have asked for such information.

8 July 2015 • Insights

Court of Cassation, 8 July 2015, no. 14251: similar violations different sanctions

With its ruling no. 14251/2015, the Cassation Court declared dismissal for just cause legitimate in a case where a worker had violated the ban on introducing or drinking alcoholic beverages in the company, thus placing the safety of plants in jeopardy.

7 July 2015 • Insights

Court of Cassation, 7 July 2015, no. 14106: a letter of admonition cannot be postponed

With its ruling no. 14106/2015, the Court of Cassation declared a dismissal of an employee for just cause wrongful due to a late letter of admonition. In the case in question, a disciplinary proceeding was started in April 2010 against the worker, who was arrested in January 2009 for events not related to his employment.

6 July 2015 • Insights

Onus of proof for salary differences and higher employment category

The Milan Court, Labour Section, with the ruling no. 862/2015, rejected the appeal submitted by a former employee of a Company we represent, who had applied to the aforesaid judge in order to obtain, inter alia, salary differences resulting from (i) recognition of a period of irregular work; (ii) recognition of a higher employment category; ....

1 July 2015 • Insights

Validity and effects of double dismissal (Il Quotidiano del Lavoro, 1 july 2015)

The Court of Cassation once again rules on the legitimacy of a second dismissal notified by the employer on the same employee while a challenge...

25 June 2015 • Insights

ON THE ITALIAN OFFICIAL GAZETTE TWO NEW DECREES IMPLEMENTING JOBS ACT

Two new decrees implementing the wide employment law reform of 2015 (so-called Jobs Act) have just been published on the Italian Official Gazette