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On 29 December 2022, Italian Law No 197/2022, entitled ‘State budget for the financial year 2023 and multi-year budget for the three-year period 2023-2025’ (‘Bilancio di previsione dello Stato per l’anno finanziario 2023 e bilancio pluriennale per il triennio 2023-2025’ – hereinafter ‘Budget Law’) was published in the Italian Official Gazette. The above-mentioned legislation, among ....

By judgement no. 15644 of 23 November 2022, the Administrative Court of Lazio clarified, among other things, that the employer is the only person entitled to install audiovisual systems that may enable remote control of the workers’ activity. The case originated from the request of a company providing transport services for others, which, according to ....

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 on an Italian company for monitoring employee attendance by reading fingerprints. The Authority reiterated that ‘the processing of biometric data in the workplace is allowed only if ....

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 had worked for third parties during his sickness was lawfully dismissed for just cause. The facts of the case In the case dealt with by the order ....

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 of her work performance, had not complied with the performance procedures set out in a specific ....