Case Law

The Milan Court of Appeal, with judgment no. 2116 of 22 January 2019, reversing the judgment of the court of first instance no. 483/2017 of the Court of Monza, ruled on the validity of the trial period annexed to the employment contract and on the legitimacy of the dismissal served on grounds of failure to ....

With judgment no. 3147 of 1 February 2019, the Court of Cassation remarked that the employers can supplement the grounds for dismissal in the course of proceedings if these are insufficient or generic. The facts The Court of Appeal having jurisdiction, upholding the judgment of the Court of first instance, had declared that the dismissal ....

With judgment no. 4670 of 18 February 2019, the Court of Cassation maintained that the controls requested by the employers of an investigation agency are legitimate if the investigation concerns the control of behaviour that could be criminally relevant or fraudulent actions capable of damaging the employer. The facts A company active in the food ....

The Court of Appeal of Turin, with judgement No.26 filed on 11 January 2019 and published on 4 February, has partially accepted the appeal filed by 5 bike-delivery individuals (the so-called “riders”) of a well-known German food delivery company through a judgement of the Court of Turin (778/2018) that had failed to recognise the employment ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 1499 dated 21 January 2019, confirmed the principle of law according to which, concerning dismissal due to justified objective grounds, it must be deemed proven that an attempt has been made to repêchage by the employer who, as an alternative to dismissal, offered to the redundant employees the ....