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On 22 March 2018, the Council of Ministers has approved the draft legislative decree laying down provisions on the adaptation of the national laws to the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data (the “Regulation”). The draft legislative decree peremptorily sets out that ....

Last 9 March, Italian Trade Unions Confindustria, Cgil, Cisl and Uil, after years of unsuccessful attempts, have signed the so-called “Patto di Fabbrica”, which sets out a framework of shared rules on bargaining, industrial relations, representativeness, welfare and corporate security. The main objective of the Agreement is to modernize and newly define the industrial relations ....

The Data Protection Authority, on 26 March 2018, published on its official website a series of clarifications regarding the appointment and duties of the Data Protection Officer (“DPO”). In particular, the Authority listed all the persons obliged to appoint a DPO pursuant to Article 37 (1), b) and c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and underlined ....

In order to fight abuses against employees and money laundering – an offense detailed in article 25 octies of Legislative Decree No. 231/01 – article 1, paragraph 911 of the Law 205/17 imposes a prohibition on employers and private clients, effective from 1/07/18, to pay remunerations and wages by cash directly to the employee, regardless ....

With judgment no. 6047 of 13 March 2018 the Court of Cassation has dealt again with the issue of dismissals imposed during sick leaves, stressing that it is important for a worker to do all that he/she possibly can to put all of his/her efforts at the service of the employer in observance of the ....

The European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), that will have effect from next May 25, introduced the Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) who shall have the task to monitor the compliance with the European regulation and with data protection provisions as well as with the policies of the controller or processor in relation to the protection ....

Article 4 of the Workers’ Statute   – Article 4 of the Workers’ Statute before the Jobs Act After more than forty years, the regulations established by article 4 of Law No. 300 dated 20 May 1970 of the Workers’ Statute on the topic of remote controls have been amended by article 23 of Law ....

On November 8 2017, the Chamber of Deputies cast its final vote approving European Law 2017, comprising 30 articles among which there is the introduction, as part of Law Decree 231/01, of article 25-duodecies. In particular, the regulation introduces among the offences detailed in the Law Decree 231 those of Racism and Xenophobia, as per ....