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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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DID YOU KNOW THAT... the application of the same protected period of absence due to sickness for employees with disabilities as for non-disabled workers can constitute a form of discrimination?

The Italian Supreme Court, with decision no. 170 dated January 7, 2025, was called to rule on the legitimacy of the dismissal of a disabled employee for exceeding…

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AI in the workplace: the risks of indirect discrimination and how to avoid them (Agenda Digitale, 20 January 2025 – Vittorio De Luca, Giuseppe Arpino)

The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI)-based systems in the workplace is revolutionizing business processes, allowing companies to achieve significant advantages in terms of efficiency, precision, and productivity, even…

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Italian Constitutional Court rewrites the rules on de facto cohabitation and family business (The Platform, 13 January 2025 - Vittorio De Luca, Giuseppe Arpino)

With sentence No. 148, published in the Official Gazette on 31 July 2024, the Constitutional Court declared the illegitimacy of Article 230-bis, third paragraph, of the Civil Code,…

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Jobs act referendum more risks than solutions (Il Sole 24 Ore, 9 January 2025 - Vittorio De Luca)

On December 12, 2024, the Court of Cassation admitted the referendum requests filed in July by the CGIL concerning, among other things, the regulation of unlawful dismissals under…

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Dismissal for just cause due to behaviour outside the workplace

The Supreme Court of Italy, in its ruling 31866/2024, clarified the limits of dismissal for just cause concerning conduct that occurs outside the workplace. The case The case…

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Penalties may be imposed on the manager who accesses the computer system by using a subordinate’s credentials

“Violates the employer’s directives (even if implicit, but clear) the employee who, although in a hierarchically superior position to the holder of the access credentials to a company’s…

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