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De Luca & Partners’ Think Tank manages and coordinates research, training (internal and external) and editorial activities on labour law matters, protection of personal data and administrative liability of entities.

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25 July 2025 • News, Insights

Registrazioni di conversazioni in azienda. Ecco cosa possono fare le aziende per arginare il fenomeno (Agenda Digitale – 25 luglio 2025, Martina De Angeli)

L’uso di dispositivi per registrare conversazioni in ambito aziendale solleva questioni giuridiche e di privacy, con implicazioni su sicurezza e relazioni. La diffusione di tecnologie in grado di registrare conversazioni ha portato le imprese a confrontarsi con una nuova e delicata realtà: come gestire e regolamentare la registrazione di conversazioni in azienda, nel rispetto della normativa ....

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3 July 2025 • News

First fine for unlawful retention of corporate e-mail metadata and internet logs by Italian Data Protection Authority

“The employer may collect employees’ Internet browsing logs and email metadata only under specific conditions and safeguards. This was affirmed by the Italian Data Protection Authority (i.e. “Garante Privacy”) when imposing a €50,000 fine on the Lombardy Region” (Provision No. 243 of April 29, 2025). As stated on the Authority’s official website, this ruling follows ....

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3 July 2025 • Insights, News

Remote work and Italian territorial jurisdiction

By Judgment No. 315 of June 5, 2025, the Court of First Instance of Vicenza ruled that, for the purposes of territorial jurisdiction, the residence of a remote worker can only be considered relevant if it is demonstrated that a substantial and organized part of the work is carried out there on a stable basis, ....

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1 July 2025 • Insights

Do you know that… a dismissal notice is presumed received even if the employee is not personally informed? 

By Order No. 15987 of 2025, the Italian Supreme Court – Labour Section – reaffirmed the strict application of Article 1335 of the Civil Code, establishing that the presumption of knowledge of “legal notices” (i.e. “atti recettizi”) cannot be rebutted by subjective obstacles, even when the recipient is in a vulnerable physical or mental condition ....

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16 June 2025 • News, Insights

Accounting irregularities justify dismissal for just cause, even if involving small amounts (Norme & Tributi Diritto of Il Sole 24 Ore, 13 June 2025 – Alessandra Zilla and Alesia Hima)

In its judgment No. 19985 of 7 May 2025, the Italian Supreme Court (i.e. “Corte di Cassazione”) upheld the legitimacy of a dismissal for just cause issued to an employee who, in performing his duties as a cashier, had committed repeated accounting irregularities. These mainly involved the failure to register sales transactions and the omission ....

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11 June 2025 • News, Insights

No quorum. Legislative action on the regulation of layoffs (Radiocor of Il Sole 24 Ore, 11 June 2025 – Vittorio De Luca)

Legislative Decree No. 23/2015 survived the recent referendum on June 8 and 9, which, with a turnout of 30.6 percent, did not reach a quorum. The result is not surprising, but the repeal of Legislative Decree No. 23/2015 would, in any case, have been of little consequence from the point of view of the protections ....

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6 June 2025 • News, Insights

Goodbye to the Fornero Rite, but only for lawsuits started after Feb. 28, 2023 (Guida al Lavoro of Il Sole 24 Ore, 28 May 2025 – Vittorio De Luca, Alessandra Zilla)

In the very recent ruling No. 11344 of April 30, 2025, the Supreme Court clarified that judicial proceedings introduced under the so-called Fornero Rite before February 28, 2023 continue to be governed, even in the appeal stages, by the provisions dictated by the same rite, although the same was repealed by the so-called Cartabia Reform. ....

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6 June 2025 • Insights

Remote work and geolocation. How to design remote work arrangements in compliance with applicable regulations 

“Employers may not geolocate employees working remotely.” This was the position expressed by the Italian Data Protection Authority (i.e. “Garante per la protezione dei dati personali”), which imposed a €50,000 fine on a company that tracked the geographic location of randomly selected employees on days they were performing their duties remotely.  The case  The Authority’s ....

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