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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 ....
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 ....
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 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 ....
The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 10280 published on 27 April 2018 reviewed the case of a dismissal ordered to an employee who had published disparaging statements and negative comments against her employer and its representatives on her Facebook page. In particular, the Supreme Court, in confirming the decision of the judges in charge ....
The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 7424 dated 26 March 2018 has once again dealt with the matter of immediacy of disciplinary dispute and the timeliness of the penalty then adopted. In this specific case, the employer had initiated against the employee disciplinary proceedings – which ended with a dismissal for just cause – ....
The Court of Turin, with judgement No. 778 dated 11 April 2018, rejected the appeal lodged by 6 riders against a well-known German food delivery company. In this case, the riders had opposed the company’s termination of the coordinated and continuous cooperation with them following their protests, dating back to 2016, to have a fairer ....
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 ....
