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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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27 February 2024 • News, Insights

Environment and Human Rights: companies’ obligations under new EU due diligence requirement (Rinnovabili.it, 27 February 2024 – Stefania Raviele, Martina De Angeli)

The new European directive on corporate sustainability due diligence establishes an obligation for companies to mitigate their adverse impact on human rights and the environment through their activities, those of their subsidiaries and those carried out by their business partners The European Union has been working for some time on the development of corporate sustainability ....

27 February 2024 • Insights, News

Italian Data Protection Authority: new guidelines on the use of company e-mail management programs and on metadata retention

With order no. 642 of 21 December 2023 entitled “Computer programs and services for the management of e-mail in the workplace and metadata processing”, the Italian Data Protection Authority (‘DPA’) has provided guidelines for public and private employers on the use of computer programs and services for corporate e-mail management. The document was issued following ....

27 February 2024 • Insights, News

The Court of Ravenna refers dismissal of disabled person for exceeding the protected period to the European Court of Justice

With its order of 4 January 2024, the Court of Ravenna referred to the European Court of Justice the judgment of the Italian legislation on the calculation of absences from work caused by disabling diseases in the protected period (periodo di comporto). The question posed to the European Court of Justice can be summarised as ....

27 February 2024 • Insights

DID YOU KNOW THAT… On 19 February 2024, the collective agreement for “shoppers” was signed?

On 19 February, Assogrocery and the trade unions NIdiL, CGIL, FeLSA, CISL and UILTemp signed a collective agreement that grants protection for “shoppers”, i.e. collaborators who prepare and deliver shopping to customers’ homes using the client companies’ digital platforms. The agreement implements the provisions of Article 2, paragraph 2 of Italian Legislative Decree no. 81/2015, ....

26 February 2024 • Insights, News

The “Milleproroghe Decree” – the expert’s view: “How the new rules on fixed-term contracts work in practice” (ADNKronos – 22 February 2024, Vittorio De Luca)

“With the imminent conversion into law of the Italian Milleproroghe Decree, the extension of the deadline for entering into a fixed-term contract beyond 12 months, by agreement between the parties, is on its way. The extension granted by the decree will be from 30 April to 31 December 2024 and it will temporarily extend the ....

22 February 2024 • News, Insights

Unlawful dismissal for just cause (Modulo 24 Contenzioso Lavoro de Il Sole 24 Ore, 22 February 2024 – Enrico De Luca, Raffaele Di Vuolo)

Employment relationship – Dismissal for just cause – Unlawfulness – Existence The existence of wilful and negligent misconduct to the detriment of the employer company requires that the damage be a foreseeable consequence of the employee’s conduct. In light of this principle, the dismissal of an employee who, having been authorised to leave the workplace ....

22 February 2024 • Insights, News

Effects of Italy’s accession to the Framework Agreement

On 28 December 2023, Italy joined the European Framework Agreement called “Framework Agreement on the application of Article 16 (1) of Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004 in cases of habitual cross-border Telework”.   Article 1 of the Framework Agreement defines “cross-border telework” as an activity that a worker carries out remotely in one or more Member States ....

21 February 2024 • News, Insights

New due diligence tools for employers: Corporate sustainability due diligence directive (Norme e Tributi Plus Diritto — Il Sole 24 Ore, 14 February 2024 — Alberto De Luca, Chiara Carminati)

Provisional agreement on corporate sustainability due diligence directive: text still to be examined by the Legal Affairs Committee and approved by the European Parliament sitting as a whole and by the European Council. On 14 December 2023, the European Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the text of the “Corporate sustainability ....