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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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31 May 2015 • Insights

STUDIO DE LUCA – EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS: LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR 2015 FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION.

Studio De Luca – Employment Lawyers, was awarded the well-known international prize “Global Law Experts” as law firm of the year for Labour and Employment litigation.

28 May 2015 • News

“ENTERPRISE CRISIS: USE OF SOCIAL SHOCK ABSORBERS”- 28 MAY 2015, SALA CONVEGNI – CORSO EUROPA, 11 – MILAN Foundation of Chartered Accountants of Milan

Carlo Balzarini from De Luca & Partners participated on 28 May as a speaker at the course “Enterprise crisis: use of social shock absorbers” organised by the Foundation of Chartered Accountants of Milan – Specialisation School for experts in bankruptcy proceedings, with the collaboration of the Milan Bar Association and Board of Chartered Accountants and ....

20 May 2015 • Insights

EMPLOYERS LIABLE FOR NEGLIGENCE IN CASES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL HARASSMENT

With its ruling no. 10037/15, the Court of Cassation returned to make a decision on the issue of psychological harassment and the relative liability of the employer. The Supreme Court connects the employer’s liability for injury from psychological harassment performed by an employee to a form of negligence due to the fact that no measures were adopted aimed at eliminating the performance of the harassing initiatives.

16 May 2015 • Insights

COURT OF CASSATION, 16 MARCH 2015, NO. 5173: DISMISSAL FOR JUSTIFIED REASON ONLY FOR UNFAVOURABLE AND NOT CONTINGENT SITUATIONS

With its ruling no. 5173 of 16 March 2015, the Cassation Court returned to propose an interpretation, regarding the grounds for dismissal for justified reason which are not expressly contained in the law.

15 May 2015 • Insights

DISMISSALS FOR ECONOMIC GROUNDS AND REINSTATEMENT

Article 3, paragraph 1 of Legislative Decree no. 23/15 establishes that if it is ascertained that the grounds do not exist for dismissal for justified objective motive ”the judge declares the employment terminated on the date of dismissal”

13 May 2015 • Insights, News

Working mums – the Jobs Act: will it favour reconciliation? (Io e il mio bambino magazine, no. 5 – may 2015)

The government has promised a great revolution, able to revitalise the floundering job market in Italy. But many doubts remain. Will the Jobs Act really improve the conditions of working mothers? Or will it make them, as the critics say, more open to blackmail and precarious? Despite the many announced introductions, many of these still ....

6 May 2015 • Insights

COURT OF CASSATION, 6 MAY 2015, NO. 18667: WHEN A CONTRACT IS ILLEGAL

With its ruling no. 18667 of 6 May 2015, the Court of Cassation confirmed that, for the allegation of an illegal contract it is not sufficient to prove that the customer gave orders to the contractor's employees but it is necessary to investigate the contents of such orders and prove that they regard the provision of work actually performed.