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24 September 2021 • News

HR VIRTUAL BREAKFAST “The return to the company with the Green pass obligation: problems and perspectives” (Vittorio De Luca, Elena Cannone – September 23, 2021)

Green Pass in the workplace: decree published in the Official Gazette. The decree-law that requires to possess and exhibit Covid-19 green certification to access workplaces from 15 October 2021 until 31 December has come into force. Focus: With more than 100 participants, the HR Virtual Breakfast organised by De Luca & Partners last 23 September registered ....

7 September 2021 • News

Webinar “Best practices in UTP and Distressed M&A transactions” (Convenia, 30 September 2021)

Alberto De Luca speaker at the webinar “Best practices in UTP and Distressed M&A transactions” organised by Convenia next 30 September to examine new regulations and best practices. Management of employment for companies in a crisis: risks and opportunities Alberto De Luca’s talk will focus on employment law aspects tied to the circulatory events of ....

7 September 2021 • News, Insights

Non-competition agreement: the payment is valid even if paid during employment (Norme & Tributi Plus Diritto – Il Sole 24 Ore, 7 September 2021 – Alberto De Luca, Roberta Padula)

The Court of Cassation, with order no. 23418 of 25 August 2021, returned to deal with the subject of requirements for validity of non-competition agreements. The Court’s ruling is based on appeal lodged by a bank manager who (among other claims submitted) had challenged a signed non-competition agreement, considering it vitiated, since the payment was ....

6 September 2021 • News

AN INTERVIEW WITH VITTORIO DE LUCA ON THE BAN ON DISMISSALS IN TODAY’S L’ECONOMIA OF IL CORRIERE DELLA SERA

De Luca & Partners managing partner Vittorio De Luca, discusses the legislative measures that introduced the ban, initially generalised and later sectorial, of dismissals for economic reasons. The government has reached an agreement with the social partners on the dismissal prohibition, what is your take on it? “The agreement includes a “commitment” to use all existing ....

1 September 2021 • Insights

Mobility manager: guidelines for drafting and implementing home-work commute plans approved

On 4 August 2021, the Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Sustainable Mobility (the “MIMS“) approved the “Guidelines for drafting and implementing home-work commute plans” (the “Guidelines“) as a reference tool for the “Mobility manager“. As clarified by the Guidelines: “The objective (…) is to allow the structural and permanent reduction ....

1 September 2021 • Insights

Government: compulsory green pass to access company canteens

Decree Law no. 105/2021 established that, as of 6 August 2021, the COVID-19 green certificate ( Green Pass) is mandatory to access a range of services/activities, including catering services provided by any establishment for consumption at the table indoors, gyms and cinemas, to participate in sports and cultural events and selection procedures. The Green Pass ....

1 September 2021 • Insights

Legitimate dismissal for refusal to return to company after illness

The Court of Cassation, with its ruling no. 22819/2021, considered legitimate the dismissal of a worker who refused to return to the company, at the employer’s request, because the preventive suitability medical examination referred to in Article 41, paragraph 2, letter e-ter), of Legislative Decree 9 April 2008, no. 81 (Consolidated Law on health and ....

31 August 2021 • Insights

Whistleblowing: the Decree transposing the EU Directive is coming soon

Whistleblowing is being redefined . The Legislative Decree implementing the EU Directive 2019/1937 “on the protection of persons who report Union law violations” (the “Directive“) is almost ready. It will bring significant changes compared to the rules that came into force in 2012 (Law 6 November 2012, no. 190) in the public sector and at ....