This study is prompted by the adoption of Directive (EU) 2024/2831 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2024 on improving working conditions through digital platforms. The preamble to this Directive states that algorithm-based technologies, including automated monitoring systems and decision-making systems, have enabled the emergence and development of digital labor platforms. Work on these platforms is carr...

The article analyzes territorial jurisdiction in labor disputes, considering that recent legislative amendments stipulate that the scope of labor conflicts also includes disputes concerning the conclusion, execution, modification, suspension, and termination of employment relationships based on legal labor relations not founded on an individual employment contract, as regulated by special laws. Under these circumstances, the article highlights...

In the frame of an employment relationships, the performance of duties is an obligation of the employee. However, under Law no. 8/1996 on copyright and related rights republished, with subsequent amendments and completions, the employee may acquire property rights in the form of copyright and related rights on some results of his work, under certain conditions. What are the limits within which the two parties – the employee and th...

The present study aims to analyze the meaning of the notions of „civil servant”, „employee” and „contractual staff” in the vision of the Administrative Code. This normative act enshrined for the first time, in the legislative history of Romania, legal rules applicable to all categories of staff working in the public administration. Such a situation reveals a recognition by the legislator of the fact that, beyond the different leg...

The Data Protection Officer is not a new institution, being previously provided for in the text of the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC. The Regulation (EU) 2016/679 recognizes this position as a key-actor within the new Data Protection system both through the obligation of its nomination by the public authorities or organisms, or by operators or persons designated by them, and through its professional experience and preparation, respectivel...