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On 23 April 2018, the European Commission formalised a proposal for a Directive for the protection of whistleblowers (Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Protection of Persons reporting on Breaches of Union Law) in all Member States. Its purpose is to standardise the laws currently in force in some Member ....

With judgment No. 11645/18, the Court of Cassation made clear once again its opinion on the relation between the right of criticism, protected under the Constitution, and the civil duty of loyalty and honesty in the relationship between employees and employers. In the case in question, an employee of a famous telephony company had been ....

Law No. 179/2017 has introduced the whistleblowing institution within private employment. As is well-known, this is not a totally new institution for our legal system, since it had already been introduced for the public sector only by Law No. 190/2012, which amended article 54-bis of Legislative Decree No. 165/2001. The new law provision is aimed ....

On 25 May 2018, the European Regulation on the protection of personal data has entered into full force in each member state of the European Union (including Italy). Among the major changes there are: focus on the accountability of the data controllers and data processors, the introduction of the Data Protection Officer (so-called DPO) as ....

The Confederdia Union has requested clarifications to the National Labour Inspectorate (“INL”) regarding the rejection issued by the territorial office of the Inspectorate to the filing of the minutes of conciliation signed pursuant to art. 411 of the Civil Code, justified with the alleged lack of powers by the union. In this respect, INL, with ....

On 2 May 2018, the Plastic Rubber Federation signed a statement of agreement with Filctem CGIL, Femca CISL and Uiltec UIL which, in line with the Interconfederal Agreement of 9 March, has the purpose of creating a contractual model capable of responding appropriately to the needs of employees and companies operating in the sector. This ....

The Court of Appeals of Turin, with judgement dated 22 December 2017 reviewed a case of resignation for just cause presented by an agent of a company in the consumer credit sector. In particular, the resigning agent had appealed to the court to obtain the payment of the indemnity pursuant to art. 1751 of the ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 9127 dated 12 April 2018 reviewed the case of dismissal for justified objective reasons not supported by a negative economic trend. In this case, the judges reviewing the case had deemed the employer’s dismissal unlawful because “the unfavourable situations were not such as to have a decisive influence ....