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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.

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26 September 2023 • Insights, News

Accidents at work resolved through settlement: future damages remain compensable if unforeseeable nature of health deterioration is proven

In its recent Order No. 25603 of 1 September 2023 the Italian Court of Cassation established that a worker who has suffered an accident at work, which is the subject of a subsequent settlement with the employer, can always request compensation for damages which occurred subsequently and were not foreseeable at the time of the ....

26 September 2023 • Insights

DID YOU KNOW THAT… so-called ‘fertility benefits’ are increasingly widespread in the United States as tools for attracting new resources?

The latest frontier of company benefits comes from the United States, where, according to an analysis conducted by the Wall Street Journal, it is increasingly common for employers to offer, as a means of attracting talent, so-called “fertility benefits”, i.e. a series of services to cover the expenses necessary for clinical treatments for people suffering ....

25 September 2023 • Insights, News

Training software against bias (L’Economia – Corriere della Sera, 25 September 2023, Vittorio De Luca)

AI plays an increasingly important role in the recruitment phase, offering new opportunities in recruitment processes. In particular, the use of AI is already rapidly gaining momentum in algorithmic hiring, the personnel selection procedure wholly or partially entrusted to algorithms that is considered faster, more reliable and cheaper”. Commenting on AI used in recruitment, Vittorio De ....

21 September 2023 • Insights, News

Difficulty in finding workers? Companies now seek to finance fertility programmes (La Repubblica, 20 September 2023 – Vittorio De Luca)

Incentive takes hold in the United States, while still rare in Italy. Quacquarelli (Bicocca): “Certain topics remain taboo here” MILAN – Employment is growing, unemployment benefit claimants are falling, and wages are above inflation. The US employment market is experiencing a golden age and this pushes companies to look for new ways to recruit staff. After ....

5 September 2023 • News, Insights

“Whistleblowing” new regulations and new obligations for employers. Where to start? (AIDP, 5 September 2023 – Stefania Raviele, Martina De Angeli)

After a long wait and several postponements, on 25 March 2023 Italian Legislative Decree no. 24 of 10 March 2023 (the “Decree”) was published in the Italian Official Gazette no. 63 of 15 March 2023. With the Decree the Italian legislator implemented Directive (EU) 2019/1937 “on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law and ....

1 September 2023 • News, Insights

Notes on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on human resources and thoughts on the foreseeable future of legal profession (IPBA Journal n. 111, September 2023 – Alberto De Luca)

After a silent and rapid incubation, computer systems that can perform tasks that would normally require human intelligence (also known as Artificial Intelligence), have become reality and represent one of the hottest challenges (if not the greatest and more complex) which enterprises are now held to face and in most cases, not to put at stake ....

29 August 2023 • Insights

EU-US Data Privacy Framework: new safeguards for the transfer of personal data to the USA

On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted an adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework ensuring that the United States of America guarantees an adequate level of protection of personal data comparable to that of the European Union. The adequacy decision is one of the tools provided for by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the ....

29 August 2023 • Insights, News

Remote Working and jurisdiction – there must be objective connection with the company

In its recent order No. 19023 of 5 July 2023, the Italian Court of Cassation has ruled on geographical jurisdiction under Article 413 of the Italian Code of Civil Procedure. The Court ruled that the worker’s home, from which he performed his work through remote working, could not be classified as a company dependence in ....