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Company emails: the limits of employer surveillance according to the Italian Supreme Court  (Norme & Tributi Plus Diritto de Il Sole 24 Ore, 27 February 2025 – Vittorio De Luca, Martina De Angeli)

The Italian Supreme Court, in its decision no. 807 of January 13, 2025, has once again addressed the legitimacy of employer monitoring of employees’ corporate email accounts. The…

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Construction sites, credit license and sanctions regime: The INL’s overview

With note no. 9326 of December, 9, 2024, the National Labour Inspectorate (i.e. “Ispettorato Nazionale del Lavoro” or “INL”) provided an overview of the new sanctions regime introduced…

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The Italian Supreme Court upholds the legitimacy of dismissal for just cause due to defamatory behavior on Facebook by the employee

In its ruling no. 2058 of January 29, 2025, the Italian Supreme Court confirmed the legitimacy of a just cause dismissal for an employee who had publicly defamed…

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Milleproroghe Decree approved: Fixed-term contracts with flexible reasons also in 2025

On 20 February 2025, Decree-Law No. 6/2025, known as the ‘Decreto Milleproroghe’, was definitively approved by the Chamber of Deputies, which once again intervenes on fixed-term contracts, in…

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In tenders, the obligation to specify the applicable collective agreement (Il Sole 24 Ore, 20 February 2025 – Vittorio De Luca, Alessandro Ferrari)

The Corrective Decree on Public Procurement (Legislative Decree No. 209/2024), which came into force on December 31, 2024, was introduced to provide greater protection for workers employed in…

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Italian Law 104/1992: Proper use of paid leave for assisting disabled family members (Il Sole 24 Ore, 7 February 2025 – Vittorio De Luca, Alesia Hima)

Italian Law 104/1992 grants employees paid leave to assist family members with disabilities, with the cost covered by INPS (the National Institute for Social Security). However, misuse of…

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Abuse of 104/92 leave: burden of proof in case of dismissal (Modulo 24 Contenzioso Lavoro de Il Sole 24 Ore, 6 February2025 – Vittorio De Luca)

Article 33 of Law 104/1992 regulates paid leave ‘for the assistance, social integration and rights of disabled persons’. These permits consist in the possibility for public or private,…

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Repêchage does not oblige relocation to inferior tasks incompatible with the worker’s profile (Norme & Tributi Plus Lavoro de Il Sole 24 Ore, 3 February 2025 – Vittorio De Luca, Alesia Hima)

The Court of Cassation, with Order No. 1364 of 20 January 2025, clarified important aspects relating to the obligation of repêchage in the event of dismissal for justified…

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Data protection and collective agreements: provisions of national collective agreements that breach data protection rules should be disapplied

In its judgment of December 19, 2024,  case C-65/23, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that (i) the provisions of national collective labor agreements must…

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The dismissal for economic reasons may be ‘directly or indirectly discriminatory’

In its decision of January 9, 2025, no. 460, the Italian Supreme Court ruled on the dismissal of a disabled executive for economic reasons, stating that the discriminatory…

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