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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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30 January 2024 • News, Insights

Italian Court of Cassation: second dismissal lawful pending judgment on the first

In its very recent judgment no. 2274 of 23 January 2024, the Italian Court of Cassation ruled that it is lawful for an employer to give notice of a second dismissal pending a judgment concerning a previous dismissal based on different grounds. However, the second dismissal has no effect if the first dismissal is declared ....

30 January 2024 • Insights

DID YOU KNOW THAT… the new Budget Law come into force on 1 January 2024?

Italian Law of 30 December 2023, no. 213, containing the “State budget for the financial year 2024 and multi-year budget for the three-year period 2024-2026”, which came into force on 1 January 2024, introduced some new initiatives aimed at workers and businesses. We summarise below some of the most significant provisions relating to employment and social security: ....

30 January 2024 • News

De Luca & Partners obtains Great Place to Work® certification

Since its foundation, De Luca & Partners has set itself the goal of being an excellent workplace, placing commitment to people at the heart of its values and offering rewarding professional opportunities in an environment characterised by strong relationships of trust. For this reason, we decided to participate in the 2023 survey by Great Place ....

25 January 2024 • News

Webinar: “Corporate wellbeing and industrial relations: the strategic advantage of investment” (Consono, 30 January 2024 – Stefania Raviele)

On 30 January 2024, Stefania Raviele will participate in the webinar organised by Consono “Corporate wellbeing and industrial relations: the strategic advantage of investment”. FOCUS The webinar will focus on how a wellbeing strategy can not only improve organisational dynamics and business productivity, but also contribute to the wage containment in the company budget. The webinar will ....

12 January 2024 • News, Insights

Dismissal of working mother on cessation of business activity (Chamber of Commerce of Spain in Italy – Enrico De Luca, Luca Cairoli)

By Order no. 35527 of 19 December 2023, the Italian Court of Cassation ruled on the dismissal of a working mother ordered as a result of the cessation of the employer’s business activity following a declaration of bankruptcy, holding it to be void and ordering the employer to reinstate the employee and pay financial compensation. ....

29 December 2023 • Insights

Liability under Italian Legislative Decree no. 231/2001: ​obtaining minimal advantage does not exempt the employer

With judgment no. 39129 of 26 September 2023, the Italian Court of Cassation, Third Criminal Division addressed the issue of corporate administrative liability under Italian Legislative Decree no. 231/2001, stating that “corporate administrative liability is not excluded in the light of the minimal advantage or the insignificance of the interest pursued.” The facts of the ....

29 December 2023 • Insights

Dismissal to reduce costs: what does the employer need to prove?

With Order no. 31660 of 14 November 2023, the Italian Court of Cassation ruled that, when dismissal for justified objective reason (giustificato motivo oggettivo, ‘GMO’) is to reduce costs, the burden is on the employer to indicate the reasons why the particular worker has been chosen. The facts of the case The employee appealed the ....

29 December 2023 • Insights

DID YOU KNOW THAT… the agreement renewing the National Collective Bargaining Agreement for Cooperative Credit Bank Executives has been published?

On 5 December 2023, the agreement renewing the National Collective Bargaining Agreement for Executives of Cooperative Credit Banks (Contratto Collettivo Nazionale di Lavoro per i Dirigenti delle Banche di Credito Cooperativo, ‘CCNL’) signed by Federcasse and the unions FABI, FIRST/CISL, FISAC/CIGL, UGL Credito and UILCA/UIL was published. The changes introduced concern, firstly, financial aspects relating ....