Employer controls on the activity of workers: the new Workers' Statute article 4 and the consent of the worker

Abstract

The Author examines the issue of the role of the consent in exercising “technological controls” on employees. The study moves away the construction of new Article 4 of the “Worker’s Statute” (Law no. 300/1970) on the part in which, in particular, it allows the control of working tools.In the second part it is taken in consideration the interaction of the “Worker’s Statute” with the Italian Data Protection Code (D. Lgs. 196/2003) and the result highlights some regular anomalies specifically with regards to the consent to the treatment of sensitive personal data.

Keywords

• Employer’s Monitoring Powers
• Control
• Employees’ Privacy
• Information and Consent