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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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2 January 2023 • Insights, News

Budget Law 2023

The Italian Budget Law 2023 (Italian Law No 197/2022) was published in the Official Journal (Gazzetta Ufficiale) on 29 December 2022 and comes into force on 1 January 2023 and introduces the following important initiatives in the employment law field. Agile working: as of 1 January 2023, the categories of workers with the right to ....

2 January 2023 • Insights, News

Certification of gender equality: the Italian Ministry of Labour establishes the criteria and procedures for granting tax exemption   

With the press release of 28 November, the Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy publicised the ministerial decree of 20 October 2022 which defines the criteria and procedures for granting the tax exemption for private employers who obtain the certification of gender equality introduced into our legal system by Italian Law No 162/2021.   This ....

2 January 2023 • Insights

DID YOU KNOW THAT… The transposition of the (EU) Whistleblowing Directive will lead to new employer obligations?

In a press release dated 9 December 2022, the Italian Council of Ministers announced the approval of the draft Italian legislative decree transposing Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law. The new legislation extends the obligation to establish reporting channels to all private sector companies with more than ....

23 December 2022 • News, Insights

Excessive morbidity, discriminatory and retaliatory dismissal where the protected period has not been exceeded (Norme e Tributi Plus Lavoro, 23 December 2022 – Enrico De Luca, Raffaele Di Vuolo)

In the event of repeated absences – which have not exceeded the limit of the protected period – the onus is on the employer to prove the additional reasons justifying the dismissal. Dismissal based on an employee’s repeated absences from the workplace on days close to rest days and/or public holidays constitutes an unfair and ....

22 December 2022 • News, Insights

Assisted negotiation extended to employment disputes (Mag de Legalcommunity, 21 December – Alberto De Luca, Luca Cairoli)

The Reform of the Civil Proceedings, (Italian Legislative Decree No 149 of 10 October 2022) will extend, with effect from 30 June 2023, the ‘assisted negotiation’ procedure to employment disputes. From that date the employer and employee, if assisted by lawyers or employment consultants, will be able to sign final and non-appealable conciliation minutes (in ....

20 December 2022 • News

Gender equality: the rules that every company needs to know (We Wealth, 12 December 2022 – Stefania Raviele)

In Italy the Golfo-Mosca law requires that 40% of the boards of listed companies are made up of the underrepresented sex. But that’s not all. Here’s everything a company needs to know to comply with gender equality laws Raviele: “In Italy, as in Europe, the principle of gender equality has historic origins. The first source ....

14 December 2022 • News

Gender equality: the European map of new rules for companies (We Wealth, 9 December 2022 – Stefania Raviele)

We Wealth with the support of Chiara Torino (partner of Toffoletto De Luca Tamajo) and Stefania Raviele (salary partner of De Luca & Partners) has developed the European map of gender equality regulations. Here are the new rules for listed and unlisted companies, from women at the top to the gender pay gap. The European ....

2 December 2022 • News, Insights

Whistleblowing: the new deadline for the Italian Government 

The Italian Government has a new deadline to adopt the necessary legislation to implement Directive (UE) no. 2019/1937 concerning “the protection of persons who report Union law violations” (the “Directive”), since the December 17, 2021, deadline has been missed.   In particular, according to the Law no. 127/2022 entered into force on September 10, 2022, the ....