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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.

De Luca & Partners invests in researching and disseminating Employment Law material and for this reason collaborates with Il Sole 24 Ore and with the main employment law publications.

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14 March 2020 • News

Signed the Protocol for the regulation of measures to combat and contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the workplace

Published the Protocol that contains the guidelines for the adoption by companies of safety protocols in implementation of the provisions contained in the Prime Ministerial Decree of 11 March and which encourages discussion with trade union representatives in the workplace, so that the measures adopted are shared and made more effective through the contribution of ....

14 March 2020 • Insights

Protocol for the regulation of measures to combat and contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the workplace

On 14 March 2020, the Social Partners signed the Protocol for the regulation of measures to combat and contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the workplace. The Protocol contains the guidelines for the adoption by companies of security protocols in implementation of the provisions contained in the Prime Ministerial Decree of March 11, ....

9 March 2020 • News

Online Webinar “How to handle the COVID-19 emergency?” – Roadjob (11 March 2020)

Elena Cannone will meet entrepreneurs, managers and experts at the online workshop organized tomorrow, Wednesday 11 March by RoadJob to share and identify the best management methods and best practices to face the COVID-19 Emergency. RoadJob shares and compares the measures taken to deal with the Coronavirus emergency during an online workshop to be held ....

4 March 2020 • News

Coronavirus HR Task Force. We’re on it. Count on us.

Since the beginning of February, the work of our “Coronavirus HR Task Force”, made up of our close-knit team of lawyers (for employment law, security law and privacy issues) and HR Capital‘s labour consultants, has continued unceasingly. The complex situations that the context requires companies to deal with mainly concern: Interventions aimed at reducing labour ....

28 February 2020 • Insights

Riders, for Italy and Spain are employees (Guida al Lavoro de Il Sole 24 Ore, 28 February 2020 – Vittorio De Luca, Antonella Iacobellis)

The Italian Supreme Court has stated that the rules on employment apply to so-called riders. The issue of riders is affecting the courts at all latitudes of the world. In this regard, a decision has just been issued by the Superior Court of Madrid, which ruled that Spanish riders must be considered employees and therefore ....

28 February 2020 • Insights

Procurement: further clarifications from the Italian Revenue Agency

With Circular No. 1/E of 12 February 2020, the Italian Revenue Agency provided further clarifications regarding the new provisions introduced by article 17-bis of the 2019 Tax Decree (Law No. 157 of 19 December 2019) on procurement contracts. Let us go into the details of the most important clarifications. Subjective sphere The Italian Revenue Agency, ....

28 February 2020 • Insights

The unilateral withdrawal of the employer from the currently applicable National Collective Bargaining Agreement (NCBA) is unlawful (Newsletter Norme & Tributi n. 139 Camera di Commercio Italo-Germanica – Vittorio De Luca, Elena Cannone)

The Court of Cassation, in its judgment no. 21537/2019, declared the unilateral termination of the applied NCBA by the employer before its natural expiry date unlawful, even if accompanied by adequate notice. This power lies solely with the signatories of the NCBA, i.e. the trade unions and employers’ associations. According to the Court of Cassation, ....

28 February 2020 • Insights

Regularity of contributions for the posted employee holding the A1 certificate

The territorially competent Court, by judgment No. 106/2019 published on 3 February 2020, stated that the existence of A1 certificates creates a presumption of regularity of contributions of the posted worker. The facts An Airline company whose registered office is outside Italy brought an action before the Italian National Social Security Institute (‘INPS’), as it ....