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The Draft Agreement for the renewal of the National Collective Labour Agreement for the private metalworking and mechanical engineering industry and installation of plants for the four-year period 2016-2019 was signed on 26 November 2016. The main novelties of the agreement include: (i) recognition, as from January 2017, of ex-post rather than ex-ante inflation year-over-year, ....

The newly created National Labour Inspectorate has assumed a position on the interpretation to give to the new clause 4 of the Workers’ Statute as regards the installation of GPS equipment on company cars. With circular no. 2 dated 7 November 2016, the Inspectorate accordingly amended the opinion given on this point by the Milan ....

After approval issued by the Privacy Authority, businesses may install an “app” on the smartphones of their staff to record the start and end of the work shift. What are the regulatory principles of such remote supervisory tools which, while practical for corporate efficiency, may affect the right to employee’s privacy? The monitoring app may ....

The Privacy Authority, with provision No. 303 dated 13 July 2016 disseminated with the Newsletter No. 419 dated 15 September declared unlawful the processing of data carried out by a university using special software. Specifically, the Privacy Authority noted that the software in question was such as to allow a systematic monitoring of the activity ....

On 13 July 2016 the draft agreement was signed for the renewal of the industrial laundry sector COLLECTIVE LABOUR AGREEMENT, which expired on 30 June 2015. The agreement provides for an average wage increase of Euro 70 for level A3, to be paid in three tranches: (i) EUR 30 from 1 July 2016; (ii) Euro ....