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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 ....

The Confederdia Union has requested clarifications to the National Labour Inspectorate (“INL”) regarding the rejection issued by the territorial office of the Inspectorate to the filing of the minutes of conciliation signed pursuant to art. 411 of the Civil Code, justified with the alleged lack of powers by the union. In this respect, INL, with ....

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 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 ....