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Employee biometric data: fingerprinting is unlawful in the absence of specific requirements

With a decision of 10 November 2022, the Italian Data Protection Authority (l’Autorità Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, the ‘Authority’) imposed a fine of EUR 20,000…

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Working during sickness: when is dismissal lawful?

In its recent order of 16 December 2022, the Court of Foggia, as part of the first phase of the so-called Fornero Procedure, held that an employee who…

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Non-performance exception: when does the employee’s refusal to comply justify dismissal?

By order No 770, of 12 January 2023, the Italian Court of Cassation ruled on the lawfulness of dismissal for just cause of a worker who, as part…

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Reclassification of the self-employment relationship even in the absence of direct evidence of employer direction

The Italian Court of Cassation, by order No 1095 of 16 January 2023, held that for the purpose of reclassifying a relationship of self-employment into a subordinate one,…

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European Court rules that employee tracking through company car geolocator is lawful (Norme e Tributi Plus Diritto, 23 January 2023 – Alberto De Luca, Claudia Cerbone)

As only geolocation data referring to kilometres travelled were considered, the interference in the applicant’s privacy was limited and proportional to the intended purpose. Dismissal by an employer…

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More protection for whistleblowing (Album Speciale Lavoro de La Repubblica, 18 January 2023 – Vittorio De Luca)

The draft legislative decree to transpose the EU directive on whistleblowing has been approved. As the fight against corruption and the protection of whistleblowers progresses this year, those…

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Carrying out unauthorised personal activities during working hours justifies dismissal even if the disciplinary code has not been displayed (Modulo24 Contenzioso Lavoro of Il Sole 24 Ore, 10 January 2023 – Vittorio De Luca, Alessandra Zilla)

The Italian Court of Cassation, in judgment No 31150 of 21 October 2022, in line with its own precedents, clarified that the prior display of the disciplinary code…

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Employer monitoring: monitoring of employee e-mail metadata unlawful

It is unlawful to monitor the metadata of company e-mails assigned to employees that do not guarantee adequate protection of confidentiality and are carried out in breach of…

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In the absence of a res litigiosa (dispute) conciliation statement may be challenged

The Court of Milan, in judgment No 2652 of 11 November 2022, returned to the issue of the appealability of conciliation statements, ruling that in the absence of…

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Budget Law 2023

The Italian Budget Law 2023 (Italian Law No 197/2022) was published in the Official Journal (Gazzetta Ufficiale) on 29 December 2022 and comes into force on 1 January…

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