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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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Data Breach: Lessons for Companies from Recent Investigations (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor - Vittorio De Luca, Martina De Angeli)

The revelations from the investigation conducted by the Milan Prosecutor’s Office and the investigative unit of the Carabinieri of Varese—exposing unlawful activities involving the acquisition of confidential, sensitive,…

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Company e-mail and termination of employment: the latest clarifications (and the latest penalties) from the Italian Data Protection Authority. 

“The employer cannot access the employee’s or collaborator’s e-mail or use software to store a copy of the messages. Such processing of personal data not only constitutes a…

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Trade union flyers attached to the body: lawful disciplinary sanction 

In its decision no. 24595 of 13 September 2024, the Supreme Court ruled that the behaviour of a worker who comes to work with trade union flyers attached…

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DID YOU KNOW THAT…The dismissal of an executive after a probationary period of a few weeks has been declared lawful? 

In the absence of a provision on the minimum duration of the contractual probationary period, the employer is entitled to dismiss an executive for failing to pass the…

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Vittorio De Luca interviewed by Il Sole 24 Ore on the subject of dismissal in the event of inflated expense reimbursement

Vittorio De Luca, interviewed by Giorgio Pogliotti from Il Sole 24 Ore, discussed the issue of dismissal in cases of inflated expense reimbursements. Special attention was given to…

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Dismissal: the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation clarifies the difficult distinction between insubordination and "just cause"

The Court of Cassation, in its order no. 18296 of 4 July 2024, ruled that an employee who adopts stubborn attitudes with respect to the company's business irreparably…

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Yes to dismissal of rude and scurrilous employee (Norme & Tributi Plus Lavoro de Il Sole 24 Ore, 16 October 2024 – Vittorio De Luca, Giuseppe Arpino)

In its order no. 26440 dated October 10, 2024, the Court of Cassation, Labor Section, reaffirmed the legitimacy of the dismissal imposed on an employee who had addressed…

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Processing of personal data: the risks for those who refuse the role of authorized subject (Norme & Tributi Plus Lavoro de Il Sole 24 Ore, 14 October 2024 – Vittorio De Luca, Martina De Angeli)

The Court of First Instance of Udine (Labour Section, order no. 504 of 2 August 2024) declared lawful the measure of suspension from work and remuneration, imposed by…

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