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Lawyers are now those to take care of awarding a prize to virtuous companies. The first edition of Excellence Innovation HR award has kicked off, that is an award aimed at the companies doing business in Italy that fosters reflection on the best practices in the labour market and in human resources management, pointing out ....

On 23 April 2018, the European Commission formalised a proposal for a Directive for the protection of whistleblowers (Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Protection of Persons reporting on Breaches of Union Law) in all Member States. Its purpose is to standardise the laws currently in force in some Member ....

With judgment No. 11645/18, the Court of Cassation made clear once again its opinion on the relation between the right of criticism, protected under the Constitution, and the civil duty of loyalty and honesty in the relationship between employees and employers. In the case in question, an employee of a famous telephony company had been ....

Law No. 179/2017 has introduced the whistleblowing institution within private employment. As is well-known, this is not a totally new institution for our legal system, since it had already been introduced for the public sector only by Law No. 190/2012, which amended article 54-bis of Legislative Decree No. 165/2001. The new law provision is aimed ....

On 25 May 2018, the European Regulation on the protection of personal data has entered into full force in each member state of the European Union (including Italy). Among the major changes there are: focus on the accountability of the data controllers and data processors, the introduction of the Data Protection Officer (so-called DPO) as ....