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The first decree law on employment contracts is already ready on the table of the Council of Ministers, that is the so-called Dignity Decree, which could be approved in the month of July. Amongst the main new developments, one may find the reform of fixed-term contracts, aimed at fostering the entering into of indefinite employment ....

The Ministry of Labour and Social Policies and ANPAL (that is the National Agency for Active Employment Policies) issued, on 7 June 2018, a joint signature circular establishing the criteria and the ways of accessing the replacement Agreement by the employees falling within company and professional profile scopes at risk of excess of staff, by ....

With its Decision No. 441 of 29 May 2018, the Data Protection Authority has admitted the possibility of personal data processing through a geographic positioning system installed on tablets and smartphones given to the employees of a company that renders private security guard and money & valuables transport services. The above provided that the company ....

With its judgment No. 13266 of 28 May 2018, the Court of Cassation has declared the lawfulness of a disciplinary dismissal served on an employee for having used the company computer during working time for non-working purposes. In the case at issue, the employer had commenced a retrospective investigation – following the reporting of the ....

With its judgment No. 14527 of 6 June 2018, the Court of Cassation has quashed the decision of the Court of Appeal having territorial jurisdiction which, by reversing the decision of the first instance judge, had declared the unlawfulness of the dismissal for cause served on five employees who had staged the suicide and the ....