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HR Breakfast: “Dismissal: the latest safeguards, in light of recent legislative measures and a judgement of the Constitutional Court” - 29 January 2019

Law no. 98 of 9 August, converting Law Decree no. 87/2018 (the so-called Dignity Decree) with amendments, was published on Official Gazette no. 186/2018.   While not altering…

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Guidelines of the European Data Protection Board on the territorial scope of the GDPR

On 16 November 2018, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) - the EU body that replaced the previous so-called WP29, in charge of the consistent application of the…

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The national collective bargaining agreement renewal draft for Staff Leasing Agencies has been signed

On 21 December 2018, the National Association for Labour Agencies (Assolavoro) and the industry unions (Felsa, CISL, Nidil, CIGL, UIL Temp) signed a draft for the renewal of…

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Whistle-blowing: upcoming Directive

Following the resolution of the EU Parliament dated 24 October 2017, aimed at adopting a Directive on whistleblowing, the Committee, on 23 April 2018, formulated a text proposal,…

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DO YOU KNOW THAT... The 2019 Finance Decree and Budget Law have been published on the Official Gazette?

By laws no. 136 of December 17th, 2018 (so called “Fiscal Decree”) and no. 145 of December 30th, 2018 (so called “2019 Budget Law”), several news in the…

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Collective dismissal and selection criteria

The Labour Division of the Supreme Court of Cassation, with ruling no. 29377 dated 14 November 2018, deemed lawful, within the context of a collective dismissal - because…

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Carrying out different tasks during the probation period: in the case of withdrawal, the reintegration protection does not apply

The Labour Division of the Supreme Court of Cassation, with ruling no. 31159 published on 3 December 2018, stated that when carrying out different tasks from those established…

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Previous disciplinary measures provide back-up support to dismissal for cause even without contesting the repeated offences (Il Quotidiano del Lavoro de Il Sole 24 Ore, 28 December 2018 – Alberto De Luca, Petra D’Andrea)

A worker was dismissed also on the basis of previous disciplinary offences. Nevertheless, the previous examples were not included in the employer's disciplinary notice with a view to…

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