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“Ethical codes, management and control models, and sustainability certifications are meaningless when, for the sake of achieving the highest profit at the lowest possible cost, a production system is allowed to be created down the chain that is based on production with an exploited workforce”. This is the conclusion of the Public Prosecutor at the ....
In note no. 1091/2024 of 18 June 2024, the INL provided the first operational guidelines on the changes introduced by Italian Decree-Law no. 19/2024 regarding the sanctions regime for unauthorised staff supply work, contracting and secondment. Article 29, paragraph 4 of Italian Decree-Law no. 19/2024 has, in fact, reinstated the criminal offences of unlawful staff ....
With order no. 364 of 6 June 2024 called “Computer programs and services for the management of e-mail in the workplace and metadata processing”, the IDPA has returned to the topic of company e-mail metadata retention. What is “metadata”? “Metadata” does not mean information contained in the “body” of the email but rather the information ....
Data has become the new oil and its role is likely to grow further as digital becomes more central to our lives. This has important implications for privacy, as Vittorio De Luca, founder of the law firm De Luca & Partners, points out. “the EU legislator has intervened significantly in this area over the last ....
Vittorio De Luca explains that compliance with environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues is central to the firm’s initiatives and sustainability policies. He highlights that the range of companies seeking assistance on these issues is very varied with no sector taking prevalence. We are witnessing the start of changes in organisational culture, of traditional form ....
With judgment no. 7190 of 18 March 2024, the Italian Court of Cassation addressed the issue of the validity of a resignation submitted by an employee under threat of dismissal by the employer. The employee initiated legal proceedings to have his resignation declared null and, in the alternative, void and to obtain a finding that ....
The Italian Data Protection Authority (‘IDPA’), with a Ruling of 7 March 2024 [announced in the Newsletter of 3 May 2024] upheld a complaint filed by a worker who had asked her former employer company for access to her personal file to find out what information could have given rise to a disciplinary sanction against ....
By order no. 10663 of 19 April 2024, the Italian Court of Cassation stated that the employer bears the burden of proof in proving that remuneration has been properly paid. The facts of the case The worker filed an application for summary judgment to obtain an order against the company to pay the amount indicated ....