Categories: DLP Insights, Case Law
With its ruling no. 25682 of 28 October 2014, the Cassation Court established that it is illegal to dismiss a worker for having submitted company documents considered confidential during court proceedings undertaken by the employee to protect his job (in the case in hand, granting of a higher contractual level), since the right to defence is guaranteed by article 24 of the Constitution and has precedence over any company needs for confidentiality.
This has been stated by the Court of Cassation, decision no. 24797/2024 of 16 September 2024. In detail, a few employees – each in the context of their own dispute over matters relating to their employment relationship – had submitted to the court a recording of a conversation that had taken place some years earlier ....
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In its very recent judgment no. 2274 of 23 January 2024, the Italian Court of Cassation ruled that it is lawful for an employer to give notice of a second dismissal pending a judgment concerning a previous dismissal based on different grounds. However, the second dismissal has no effect if the first dismissal is declared ....
Read moreWith judgment no. 39129 of 26 September 2023, the Italian Court of Cassation, Third Criminal Division addressed the issue of corporate administrative liability under Italian Legislative Decree no. 231/2001, stating that “corporate administrative liability is not excluded in the light of the minimal advantage or the insignificance of the interest pursued.” The facts of the ....
Read moreWith Order no. 31660 of 14 November 2023, the Italian Court of Cassation ruled that, when dismissal for justified objective reason (giustificato motivo oggettivo, ‘GMO’) is to reduce costs, the burden is on the employer to indicate the reasons why the particular worker has been chosen. The facts of the case The employee appealed the ....
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