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Appealability of agreements signed with the involvement of trade unions

By way of order No. 9006 of 1 April 2019, the Court of Cassation has ruled that the minutes of a settlement agreement signed with the involvement of…

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Selection criteria in collective redundancy

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 7642/2019, has once again deliberated on the issue of selection criteria in collective redundancy procedures, as set out in Law 233/1991.…

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Pregnancy arising during the notice period does not affect the validity of the dismissal

The Court of Cassation, in order No. 9268 of 3 April 2019, has affirmed that the dismissal for justified objective reasons of a pregnant employee during the notice…

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DO YOU KNOW THAT… The offence of trading in influence is now included in the list of predicate offences in model “231”?

Law 3/2019, which contains “Measures to combat offences against the public administration and concerning limitation periods for offences and the transparency of political parties and movements” (“Anti-corruption Decree”)…

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European Parliament approves whistleblowing directive

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…

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GDPR: Polish authority fines a company for collecting data from third parties

An announcement published on the website of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) confirms that, in March 2019, the Polish data protection authority (UODO) imposed its first fine…

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VAT frauds expand the range of offences listed in Legislative Decree 231/01 (Newsletter Norme & Tributi n. 131 – Camera di Commercio Italo-Germanica – Vittorio De Luca, Luciano Vella)

By 6 July 2019, Italy will have to adopt Directive (EU) 2017/1371 (the “PIF Directive”) on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests and approved on…

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A disciplinary suspension measure is unlawful if facts justify dismissal (Diritto 24 from Il Sole 24 Ore, 29 March 2019 – Alberto De Luca, Gabriele Scafat)

In its recent judgement no. 285 dated 1 February 2019, the Court of Milan ruled on the legitimacy of an employer's conduct in requiring a candidate to submit…

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Collective labour agreements and previous working experiences in the evaluation of the trial period

The Milan Court of Appeal, with judgment no. 2116 of 22 January 2019, reversing the judgment of the court of first instance no. 483/2017 of the Court of…

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Dismissal of managers: the employers can supplement the grounds in the course of proceedings

With judgment no. 3147 of 1 February 2019, the Court of Cassation remarked that the employers can supplement the grounds for dismissal in the course of proceedings if…

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