Insights

With its order no. 505 of 11 January 2019, the Italian Court of Cassation established the principle that workers have the right to be remunerated for the time it takes them to put on work clothes at the business premises, only if it is demonstrated that workers are obliged to use company dressing rooms and ....

Since 1 January 2017 companies in the metalworking and mechanical engineering sector have been required, every three years, to provide workers employed under permanent contracts with continuing professional development courses of a duration of 24 hours per participant, within their working hours and according to the procedures identified by Fondimpresa [Italian Inter-Professional Fund for Continuing ....

Draft law no. 726 (the “DL”), which introduces significant changes to Italian Legislative Decree no. 231/2001 (the “Decree”) governing administrative liability for legal persons, companies and associations, including those not recognized as a legal entity (“Entities” or individually the “Entity”), is currently being examined by the Justice Commission of the Italian Senate.   The administrative ....

The increases provided for by the 2019 Italian Budget Law   Article 1, paragraph 445, of the 2019 Italian Budget Law concerns increases to the penalties for measures affecting the protection of workers’ interests and dignity. According to the provisions in question, the values of the following penalties, in the context of employment and social ....

Contribution of De Luca & Partners on human resources as a sustainability objective. The HR is expected to have an increasingly substantial impact, as it can focus the whole organisation on ESG criteria. A sustainability trend was also identified in the projects that competed in the first edition of the Excellence & Innovation HR Award, ....