DLP Insights

On 23 June 2020, the Italian Data Protection Authority (“Garante“) published the “2019 Annual Report” (the “Report“) listing activities carried out during the previous calendar year. With the publication of the Report, the Data Protection Authority has confirmed what had already been stated in the note ref. no. 7797, dated 27 February 2019, concerning the ....

On 16 July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU” or “Court”) in its ruling “Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximilian Schrems C-311/18”, invalidated Decision no. 2016/1250 and the Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the protection and regulation of the European citizens’ personal ....

With order no. 16135 of 28 July 2020, The Court of Cassation stated that meal vouchers were not remunerative and that their issue may be unilaterally interrupted by the employer. The facts of the case The legal case originates from an appeal filed by a worker with the court to (i) declare the unilateral decision ....

The Court of Cassation, with its ruling no. 16253 of 29 July 2020, expressed its opinion on the applicability of the “mitigated” reinstatement protection (with employment re-establishment and compensation up to a maximum of 12 months’ salary) in cases with no underlying cause for dismissal for objective justified reasons. Facts The case in question originates ....

Decree Law no. 14 August 2020, no. 104 (the  “August” Decree) which extends the Prohibition of dismissalperiod for individual and collective redundancies following a staff reduction, introduced by the “Cure Italy” Decree for 60 days and extended by the “Relaunch” Decree until 17 August 2020. The August Decree precluded collective and individual dismissals for objective ....