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The new European directive on corporate sustainability due diligence establishes an obligation for companies to mitigate their adverse impact on human rights and the environment through their activities, those of their subsidiaries and those carried out by their business partners The European Union has been working for some time on the development of corporate sustainability ....

With order no. 642 of 21 December 2023 entitled “Computer programs and services for the management of e-mail in the workplace and metadata processing”, the Italian Data Protection Authority (‘DPA’) has provided guidelines for public and private employers on the use of computer programs and services for corporate e-mail management. The document was issued following ....

With its order of 4 January 2024, the Court of Ravenna referred to the European Court of Justice the judgment of the Italian legislation on the calculation of absences from work caused by disabling diseases in the protected period (periodo di comporto). The question posed to the European Court of Justice can be summarised as ....

“With the imminent conversion into law of the Italian Milleproroghe Decree, the extension of the deadline for entering into a fixed-term contract beyond 12 months, by agreement between the parties, is on its way. The extension granted by the decree will be from 30 April to 31 December 2024 and it will temporarily extend the ....

Employment relationship – Dismissal for just cause – Unlawfulness – Existence The existence of wilful and negligent misconduct to the detriment of the employer company requires that the damage be a foreseeable consequence of the employee’s conduct. In light of this principle, the dismissal of an employee who, having been authorised to leave the workplace ....