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With Ruling dated 6 July 2023, the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, ‘DPA’) found that data processing carried out by a public utility service company (the “Company”) was unlawful. The DPA ruled that an employer has an obligation to allow a worker to access all his or her personal ....

With Order No. 26697 of 21 September 2023, the Italian Court of Cassation ruled that an employer can deny the holidays requested by a worker to avoid exceeding the limit of the job retention period only in the event that there are actual and genuine obstacles. The facts of the case The matter originated from ....

One of the fundamental requirements in the context of disciplinary complaints is consistency between the charge alleged against a worker and the underlying sanction imposed. This principle is aimed at ensuring a fair and just procedure in the context of employment relationships, to prevent the employer from carrying out dismissals based on circumstances over and ....

In its recent Order No. 25603 of 1 September 2023 the Italian Court of Cassation established that a worker who has suffered an accident at work, which is the subject of a subsequent settlement with the employer, can always request compensation for damages which occurred subsequently and were not foreseeable at the time of the ....

AI plays an increasingly important role in the recruitment phase, offering new opportunities in recruitment processes. In particular, the use of AI is already rapidly gaining momentum in algorithmic hiring, the personnel selection procedure wholly or partially entrusted to algorithms that is considered faster, more reliable and cheaper”. Commenting on AI used in recruitment, Vittorio De ....

Incentive takes hold in the United States, while still rare in Italy. Quacquarelli (Bicocca): “Certain topics remain taboo here” MILAN – Employment is growing, unemployment benefit claimants are falling, and wages are above inflation. The US employment market is experiencing a golden age and this pushes companies to look for new ways to recruit staff. After ....

After a long wait and several postponements, on 25 March 2023 Italian Legislative Decree no. 24 of 10 March 2023 (the “Decree”) was published in the Italian Official Gazette no. 63 of 15 March 2023. With the Decree the Italian legislator implemented Directive (EU) 2019/1937 “on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law and ....

After a silent and rapid incubation, computer systems that can perform tasks that would normally require human intelligence (also known as Artificial Intelligence), have become reality and represent one of the hottest challenges (if not the greatest and more complex) which enterprises are now held to face and in most cases, not to put at stake ....