DLP Insights

In Official Journal no. 304 dated 30 December 2019, Law no. 160 of 27 December 2019 was published. “Budget Law 2020“, in force since 1 January 2020. There is a great deal of news relating to labour and social security. News relating to labour and social security. One of the main innovations characterising the 2020 ....

On 26 October 2019, Official Journal no. 252 published Legislative Decree 124/2019 containing “Urgent measures in the field of taxation and for non-deferrable requirements” (i.e., the Tax Decree). The Decree, which is linked to the 2020 Budget Law, contains, among other things, major innovations for customers in the field of procurement and in terms of ....

On 7 October 2019, the European Council adopted the Directive on the “Protection of individuals who report breaches of EU law“ (known as whistleblowers), i.e. those within the territory of the European Union who report misconduct of which they have become aware in the workplace. Member States of the Union have two years from the ....

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”, ....

Some of the measures set forth in Legislative Decree no. 14 of 12 January 2019 and published in the Official Gazette on the following 14 February entered into force on 16 March 2019, implementing delegating law no. 155 of 19 October 2017, and laying down the new “Code of corporate crises and insolvency” (the “Code“). ....