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By Order no. 1476 of 15 January 2024, the Italian Court of Cassation has once again ruled on the seriousness of the facts alleged against an employee as the reason underlying the dismissal for just cause under Article 2119 of the Italian Civil Code. At the end of the three instances of proceedings, the Italian ....
On Wednesday 13 March 2024, the European Parliament approved the draft text of the so-called “AI Act”, the first Regulation on artificial intelligence. The Regulation establishes obligations in relation to the use of AI on the basis of possible risks and level of impact with the aim of protecting individuals’ fundamental rights, democracy and environmental sustainability ....
Who has the power to dismiss the employee in the case of an outsourcing contract? The issue, which at first glance may appear technical, has widespread application in Italy, where the use of outsourcing (or sub-contracting) is frequent. In particular, companies have to keep on top of both developments in the regulations as well as ....
With judgment no. 2859 of 31 January 2024, the Italian Supreme Court dealt with the issue of disciplinary dismissal and its consequences in the event of a violation of the procedures established by law. In the case in question, the company, in applying the dismissal measure against the employee, had not respected the procedure envisaged ....
The new European directive on corporate sustainability due diligence establishes an obligation for companies to mitigate their adverse impact on human rights and the environment through their activities, those of their subsidiaries and those carried out by their business partners The European Union has been working for some time on the development of corporate sustainability ....
With order no. 642 of 21 December 2023 entitled “Computer programs and services for the management of e-mail in the workplace and metadata processing”, the Italian Data Protection Authority (‘DPA’) has provided guidelines for public and private employers on the use of computer programs and services for corporate e-mail management. The document was issued following ....
With its order of 4 January 2024, the Court of Ravenna referred to the European Court of Justice the judgment of the Italian legislation on the calculation of absences from work caused by disabling diseases in the protected period (periodo di comporto). The question posed to the European Court of Justice can be summarised as ....
On 19 February, Assogrocery and the trade unions NIdiL, CGIL, FeLSA, CISL and UILTemp signed a collective agreement that grants protection for “shoppers”, i.e. collaborators who prepare and deliver shopping to customers’ homes using the client companies’ digital platforms. The agreement implements the provisions of Article 2, paragraph 2 of Italian Legislative Decree no. 81/2015, ....
