Vittorio De Luca live at Welfare HR Summit 2023 of the Il Sole 24 Ore

The Italian Supreme Court, in its decision no. 807 of January 13, 2025, has once again addressed the legitimacy of employer monitoring of employees’ corporate email accounts. The Court reiterated that while an employer may access an employee’s company email, this action is only lawful if there is a well-founded suspicion of illegal conduct. Information ....

With note no. 9326 of December, 9, 2024, the National Labour Inspectorate (i.e. “Ispettorato Nazionale del Lavoro” or “INL”) provided an overview of the new sanctions regime introduced by Article 27 of Italian Legislative Decree No. 81/2008, as amended by Italian Decree-Law 19/2024 (converted by Law 56/2024). This regime applies to all violations concerning the ....

In its ruling no. 2058 of January 29, 2025, the Italian Supreme Court confirmed the legitimacy of a just cause dismissal for an employee who had publicly defamed her superiors via social media. The case and the first-instance decision This case concerns an employee who was dismissed for just cause after posting defamatory statements on ....

With ruling no. 2618 of February 4, 2025, the Italian Supreme Court upheld the legitimacy of the dismissal for just cause of an employee who, while on parental leave, engaged in parallel employment, thus abusing this right. In the case in exam, during his parental leave, the employee had started a car-buying and selling businesswithout ....