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On 21 February 2017, SMI (Sistema Moda Italiana) and the professional trade unions (Femca-Cisl, Filctem-Cgil, Uiltec-Uil) signed a draft renewal agreement of the National Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Textile, Apparel and Fashion sector. The new contract is effective from 1 April 2016 – therefore without interruption respect to the previous National Collective Bargaining Agreement ....

On 19 January 2017, following the successful outcome of the certified workers’ consultation, the Renewal of the National Labour Collective Agreement for the private metalworking sector and mechanical engineering and plant installation sector was officially signed and therefore now fully effective. On that occasion, the Parties also defined the contractual text concerning the gross non-recurrent ....

With measure no. 547 dated 22 December 2016 and published in the newsletter of 17 February 2017, the Privacy Authority for the protection of personal data reaffirmed that an employer cannot access indiscriminately emails or personal data contained in the devices provided to employees. According to the Privacy Authority, the employer, in spite of having ....

With circular No. 1/2017, the National Labour Inspectorate provided clarifications to the inspectors on the “transnational secondment of workers in the framework of the provision of services“. The attention of the Inspectorate focused on the implementation of Legislative Decree 136/2016, which in addition to regulating the typical cases of cross-border secondment, extends, among others, its ....

On 13 December 2016, FenealUil, Filca Cisl, Fillea Cgil and Federlegno signed the draft renewal agreement for the  Wood Furnishings Industry. The agreement, which is applicable to about 250 thousand workers, introduces a salary increase based on two principles: the first provides a fixed monthly increase tranche, without any verification, equal to 35.00 Euro for ....