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Budget Law 2020 published in the Journal: news in the field of labour, employment and social security

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…

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Since 1 January 2020, the new mechanism for monitoring the payment of withholding taxes on contracts and subcontracts has been in force

Law 157/2019 converting, with amendments, Decree Law 124/2019 was published in Official Journal 301 dated 24 December 2019. "Tax Decree"). Therefore, as of 1 January 2020, companies that…

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The members of the Board of Directors are always liable in the event of an accident, unless there a formal deed of proxy which cannot be substituted by de facto proxy (Il Quotidiano del Lavoro de Il Sole 24 Ore, 14 January 2020 – Alberto De Luca, Luca Cairoli)

The Court of Cassation, with judgement no. 54 filed on 3 January 2020, returned to express its position regarding the distribution of responsibilities for accident prevention obligations in…

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Whistleblowing, secure channels in companies with over 50 employees (Il Quotidiano del Lavoro de Il Sole 24 Ore, 9 December 2019 – Vittorio De Luca, Antonella Iacobellis)

On 26 November 2019, Directive of the European Parliament and Council no. 1937/0/201, dated 23 October 2019, concerning the protection of individuals who report breaches of EU law,…

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Subcontracting, the general indication of peaks of intense activity is insufficient (Il Quotidiano del Lavoro de Il Sole 24 Ore, 2 December 2019 – Vittorio De Luca, Antonella Iacobellis)

The Court of Appeal, by order no. 28285 dated 4 November 2019, (i) established that, in order to resort to labour-only subcontracting, it is necessary that the factual…

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EDPB: Preliminary version of Guidelines 3/2019 on video surveillance

On 6 September 2019, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") completed its public consultation on the document containing the draft of the forthcoming Guidelines 3/2019 concerning video surveillance…

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Replacements and shift work: the professional is not self-employed

The Court of Cassation, under order 23520 dated 20 September 2019, confirmed that the professional, when performing the service in a manner and time frame established by the…

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Illegality of the dismissal of the mandatorily employed worker

The Court of Cassation, under ruling no. 26029 dated 15 October 2019, clarified that, in the context of a collective procedure for reducing staff numbers, the dismissal of…

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The employer must prove the national collective bargaining agreement that it considers applying

The Court of Cassation, under ruling no. 22367/2019, reiterated a well-established view that, although the choice of the type of applicable national collective bargaining agreement is a matter…

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Tax decree: novelty in the field of procurement and administrative liability of entities

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).…

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