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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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13 July 2009 • Insights

The so called “anticrisis measure” has been approved by the government

It has been approved by the Government so called anti-crisis measure, a law decree which contains some new regulations relating to employment.

12 July 2009 • Insights

Deadlines in terms of safety at work have been postponed

The Labour Ministry has postponed the deadline for submission to INAIL (National Insurance Against Injuries at Work) of lists of staff safety representatives to 16 August 2009.

11 July 2009 • Insights

State-regional agreements on exceptional lay-off schemes

In enactment of the provisions of the 2009 Finance Act (Law 203/08), the “anticrisis strategy” (Decree Law 185/08, converted to Law 02/09) and the so called “incentives decree” (Law Decree 05/09, converted to Law 33/09), and as a consequence of the understandings between the State and Regional Governments on 12 February, a number of framework agreements have been signed between the Regional Governments, social parties, Labour Ministry and INPS (National Institute of Social Insurance) to implement exceptional lay-off schemes on all forms of employment contracts.

11 July 2009 • Insights

Lombardia framework agreement for 2009-2010 exceptional lay-off schemes

The agreement signed in Lombardia on temporary lay-off schemes, as part of the application of CIG payments.

10 July 2009 • Insights

A project-based contract cannot be extended for maternity if the project has been completed (Court of Milan, Judgement of 28 April 2009)

The Court of Milan has established that the termination of a coordinated, ongoing project-based contract is valid when the project in question has been completed, and that any claim to extend the self-employment contract due to maternity, for a period beyond the project completion date is without grounds.

9 July 2009 • Insights

Password revealed by order of the court (Court of Trento, Judgement of 31 March 2009)

By sentence under art. 669-sexies of the Italian Code of Civil Procedure, confirmed by the Court at appeal stage on 31 March 2009, the Court of Trento has ordered an employee to disclose to the employer the access password to folders on his PC and to areas of the company server to which he has reserved access, on the grounds that use of the instruments was for professional purposes only.

7 July 2009 • Insights

Court of Cassation: Fair dismissal for employees taking unjustified leave of absence after accepting a job transfer (Court of Cassation, Judgement no. 8075 of 2 April 2009)

The Court of Cassation has established that dismissal of an employee for unjustified absence is lawful where the employee fails to take up service at the workplace to which he has agreed to be transferred.

7 July 2009 • Insights

Requisites of validity to secondment of employees (Court of Cassation, Judgement no. 9694 of 23 April 2009)

The Court of Cassation has clarified that for the purpose of legal secondment of an employee from the seconding company to that benefiting of the secondment, a specific interest of the employer is necessary in order to qualify the secondment as an organisational action by the seconding company, therefore resulting in a mere amendment to the modalities in which the work performance is given, and that the move is essentially temporary.