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Only the employer is entitled to install audiovisual systems (Newsletter Norme & Tributi n. 165 Camera di Commercio Italo-Germanica – Vittorio De Luca, Martina De Angeli)

By judgement no. 15644 of 23 November 2022, the Administrative Court of Lazio clarified, among other things, that the employer is the only person entitled to install audiovisual…

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Employee biometric data: fingerprinting is unlawful in the absence of specific requirements

With a decision of 10 November 2022, the Italian Data Protection Authority (l’Autorità Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, the ‘Authority’) imposed a fine of EUR 20,000…

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Working during sickness: when is dismissal lawful?

In its recent order of 16 December 2022, the Court of Foggia, as part of the first phase of the so-called Fornero Procedure, held that an employee who…

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Non-performance exception: when does the employee’s refusal to comply justify dismissal?

By order No 770, of 12 January 2023, the Italian Court of Cassation ruled on the lawfulness of dismissal for just cause of a worker who, as part…

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Reclassification of the self-employment relationship even in the absence of direct evidence of employer direction

The Italian Court of Cassation, by order No 1095 of 16 January 2023, held that for the purpose of reclassifying a relationship of self-employment into a subordinate one,…

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DID YOU KNOW THAT... Italian Decree Law No 198/2022 (the "Milleproroghe Decree") has been published in the Italian Official Gazette?

On 29 December 2022, Italian Decree Law No 198/2022 was published in the Italian Official Gazette. This is the so-called ‘Milleproroghe Decree’ which introduces ‘Urgent provisions regarding legislative…

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European Court rules that employee tracking through company car geolocator is lawful (Norme e Tributi Plus Diritto, 23 January 2023 - Alberto De Luca, Claudia Cerbone)

As only geolocation data referring to kilometres travelled were considered, the interference in the applicant’s privacy was limited and proportional to the intended purpose. Dismissal by an employer…

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More protection for whistleblowing (Album Speciale Lavoro de La Repubblica, 18 January 2023 - Vittorio De Luca)

The draft legislative decree to transpose the EU directive on whistleblowing has been approved. As the fight against corruption and the protection of whistleblowers progresses this year, those…

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