Trasparenza e monitoraggio digitale. Perché abbiamo smesso di capire la norma sociale europea

This essay investigates the relation between the EU legal frame concerning the transparent and predictable working conditions (EU Directive 2019/1152) and digital monitoring and controlling tools at workplace. In particular, the essay is focused on the duty to inform workers on such digital tools functioning that was introduced by the Italian Act no. 104/2022. The duty to inform workers on digital monitoring and controlling tools does not arise from EU Directive 2019/1152, although the related Italian implementation (Act no. 104/2022) defines it in the same legal context. The aim of this research is to demonstrate that such duty is without legal basis, unreasonable and unproportioned. Problem and complexities related to such Italian norm could be unforeseeable. The output concerns the fact that such Italian norm on the digital monitoring and controlling tools cam seriously jeopardize the achievement of the objectives pursued by the directive and, therefore, deprive it of its effectiveness, also in light the most significant EU case law developments.