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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 ....

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The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 10280/2018, handled once again a case of dismissal ordered due to disparaging statements against the employer and its representatives through Facebook. In the case in question, the judges of the court (Court of Forlì and Court of Appeal of Bologna) had already deemed legitimate the dismissal ordered to ....

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The European Regulation on the protection natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data has abolished the minimum security measures that were at the basis of the “privacy policy” system and listed in Annex B of Legislative Decree No. 196/03. Pursuant to Article 32 of the Regulation, in fact, the Data Controller and ....

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The European Regulation on the Protection of Personal Data is entering into force. Starting from 25 May , 2018, the European Regulation will be fully operative, introducing many news on the matter of privacy; news that companies will have to deal with on a daily basis. First of all, the accountability principle is introduced: more ....

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Con la sentenza n. 7581 del 27 marzo 2018, la Corte di cassazione è tornata ad occuparsi della discussa questione del cd. diritto di accesso agli atti nell’ambito di un procedimento disciplinare. Nel caso di specie, i giudici di merito avevano ritenuto illegittimo il licenziamento intimato ad un dipendente per aver svolto altra attività lavorativa, ....

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Il 25 maggio 2018 diventerà pienamente applicabile il Regolamento Europeo n. 679 del 2016 sulla protezione dei dati personali (“GDPR”). Ciò determinerà una uniformità della disciplina in materia di trattamento dei dati personali su tutto il territorio europeo. In tal senso, in Italia è stato approvato, in via preliminare, uno schema di decreto che abroga ....

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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 ....

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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 ....