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28 December 2023 • News, Insights

Whistleblowing: companies’ obligations  

Italian Legislative Decree no. 24/2023, which implements Directive (EU) 1937/2019 and introduces the new legal framework on whistleblowing has come into effect. Laws on whistleblowing have already been in force for some years in companies required to implement the 231 Models and detailed and specific provisions on procedure and sanctions now apply to all companies. ....

19 December 2023 • News, Insights

Gender pay gap: EU directive gives rise to new employer obligations (Norme & Tributi Plus Lavoro – Il Sole 24 Ore – 18 December 2023 – Enrico De Luca, Stefania Raviele)

In both the public and private sectors, all workers should have access to information on individual wage levels and average wage levels broken down by gender. By 7 June 2026 EU states must implement European Directive 2023/970 which came into force on 6 June 2023. The directive introduces new obligations for employers on transparency and ....

17 December 2023 • News, Insights

Whistleblowing: Italian companies still non-compliant just before 17 December deadline (Norme & Tributi Plus Diritto – Il Sole 24 Ore, 13 December 2023 – Vittorio De Luca)

The task force focus team highlights companies’ failure to adopt decree provisions. Six months after the entry into force of the Italian legislative decree on Whistleblowing the dedicated task forceof De Luca & Partners’, a leading law firm in consultancy and assistance in employment law, analyses its actual implementation by Italian companies. The decree requires ....

12 December 2023 • Insights

Excessive company delays on anonymous complaints run the risk of sanctions (L’Economia de Il Corriere della Sera – 11 december 2023, Vittorio De Luca)

Since the beginning of 2023, a task force at law firm De Luca & Partners has been entirely dedicated to the new decree on Whistleblowing which requires employers to implement a system of safeguards and protection for those who report crimes and irregularities in the workplace. The task force offers legal support to companies in ....

11 December 2023 • Insights

AI makes its way into Italian law firms (Italia Oggi Sette – 11 December 2023, Vittorio De Luca)

Set out below is an extract from an article by Vittorio De Luca, interviewed by Antonio Ranalli of Italia Oggi, on the topic of AI within law firms. “Below is the extract from the interview with Vittorio De Luca for Italia Oggi Sette. “For many years it has been common practice to recognise law firms ....

30 November 2023 • News, Insights

Straining and damages compensation (Newsletter Norme & Tributi no. 173 Camera di Commercio Italo-Germanica – Vittorio De Luca, Luca Cairoli)

By Order no. 29101 of 19 October 2023, the Italian Supreme Court ruled on the compensation claim for damages in a “straining” case. The employee took legal action because his superior had applied towards him a “stressful” method of control, generating a heated discussion during which the employee had suffered a ischemic attack. The Court ....

28 November 2023 • News, Insights

Video surveillance: presence of workers and monitoring of their activities essential requirements for breach of prohibition on remote monitoring

By judgment of 26 September 2023, no. 46188, the Italian Court of Cassation, Third Chamber, ruled on the components necessary for the offence referred to in Article 4 of Italian Law no. 300 of 1970 (the “Workers’ Charter”) stating that the installation of a video surveillance system without the authorisation required by law does not ....

28 November 2023 • News, Insights

Italian Court of Cassation: assessment of CCNL job descriptions essential for repêchage (obligation to relocate)

By Order of 13 November 2023, no. 31561, the Italian Court of Cassation ruled that, to fully comply with the repêchage obligation (obligation to relocate), it is necessary to assess whether hires made following the termination for justified objective reasons are of the same level of classification as the dismissed employee. The facts of the ....