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With order no. 10043 of 10 April 2019, the Italian Court of Cassation again ruled on the requirements that need to be met for a series of actions taken by an employer to constitute mobbing, in the case reported by a manager who had declared himself to have been the victim of behaviour presented as ....

The Court of Cassation, in order No. 9268 of 3 April 2019, has affirmed that the dismissal for justified objective reasons of a pregnant employee during the notice period is lawful but unenforceable, as occurs in the case of termination during sick leave or absence for injuries.   The facts   In overturning the first ....

Law 3/2019, which contains “Measures to combat offences against the public administration and concerning limitation periods for offences and the transparency of political parties and movements” (“Anti-corruption Decree”) has amended the list of predicate offences set out in art. 25 of Legislative Decree 231/2001, adding the offence of trading in influence pursuant to art. 346-bis ....

A Directive containing the EU’s new whistleblowing rules was adopted by the European Parliament on 16 April 2019 in Strasbourg, with 591 votes in favour, 29 against and 33 abstentions.   The rules in question ensure greater safeguards for people who blow the whistle (whistleblowers) on wrongdoings in the workplace, in areas like “public contracts”, ....

An announcement published on the website of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) confirms that, in March 2019, the Polish data protection authority (UODO) imposed its first fine on a Swedish company pursuant to the data personal protection Regulation (EU) 2016/697 (“GDPR”), ordering it pay a penalty of 220,000 euro. The Swedish company had processed ....