{"id":24103,"date":"2016-11-29T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delucapartners.it\/news\/national-labour-inspectorate-early-guidelines-on-the-installation-of-gps-on-company-cars\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:41:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:41:55","slug":"national-labour-inspectorate-early-guidelines-on-the-installation-of-gps-on-company-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delucapartners.it\/en\/insights\/prassi\/national-labour-inspectorate-early-guidelines-on-the-installation-of-gps-on-company-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"National Labour Inspectorate: early guidelines on the installation of GPS on company cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The newly created National Labour Inspectorate has assumed a position on the interpretation to give to the new clause 4 of the Workers&#8217; Statute as regards the installation of <strong>GPS equipment on company cars.<\/strong> With circular no. 2 dated 7 November 2016, the Inspectorate accordingly amended the opinion given on this point by the Milan Inter-regional Labour Administration in May 2016. According to the inter-regional administration <em>&#8220;the GPS system (&#8230;) should not be considered separately from the car on which it is installed and the prior consent of the trade union or ministry authorisation is not required for its installation&#8221;.<\/em> Following this indication, a number of Labour Administrations published on their websites that <em>&#8220;following the entry into force of<\/em> <em><u>Legislative Decree 151\/2015,<\/u><\/em> <em>the installation of GPS systems on board vehicles for business use is no longer subject to any authorisation by this <\/em>office&#8221;. A different view is taken however by the Inspectorate according to whom, generally speaking, <strong>geolocation systems<\/strong> are <em>\u201c<\/em><em>&lt;&lt;<\/em><strong><em>additional<\/em><\/strong><em>&gt;&gt;<\/em><em> <strong>devices with respect to working tools,<\/strong> and are not used primarily and essentially to execute work, but to respond to <strong>additional <\/strong>insurance, organizational and productive <strong>needs<\/strong> or to ensure job safety&#8221; and &#8220;only <strong>in<\/strong> <strong>very special<\/strong> <strong>cases<\/strong> &#8211; if tracking systems are installed to actually perform the job (&#8230;), or installation is required by legislative or regulatory laws (&#8230; ) &#8211; can it be assumed that they end up by <\/em><em>&lt;&lt;<\/em><em>becoming<\/em><em>&gt;&gt;<\/em><em> <strong><u>actual working tools.<\/u><\/strong>&#8220;<\/em> This means that only in the latter case may the procedure to protect civil liberties set forth by section 4, paragraph 1, of the Workers&#8217; Statute be excluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newly created National Labour Inspectorate has assumed a position on the interpretation to give to the new clause 4 of the Workers&#8217; Statute as regards the installation of GPS equipment on company cars. 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