Case Law

The Catania Employment Tribunal, by referring to a precedent from the Florence Tribunal, issued an order stating that dismissal of an employee via Whatsapp is legitimate. In the Court’s opinion, the means used by the employer, nevertheless, satisfied the need of a written format as it was an informative document which the dismissed worker, in ....

In its decision no. 14871 of 15 June 2017, the Court of Cassation referred to its own case-law orientation and confirmed that, within the sphere of a dismissal due to objective just cause, in relation to the suppression of a post, it is not necessary for all the duties previously assigned to the dismissed employee ....

With its decision no. 14457/2017, the Court of Cassation turned over the “double conforming” decision of the lower courts and intervened with regard to the stability pact enclosed with the subordinate employment contract. Specifically, the Court observed that, outside the cases of just cause under Art. 2119 of the Italian Civil Code, a worker can ....

The Bologna Employment Tribunal, with its decision no. 734 of 7 July 2017 under Art. 1 of Italian Law no. 92/201, confirmed the order issued during the summary case hearing and declared as lawful the dismissal for just cause of an employee who had been absent from work for a continuous period of 3 weeks, ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 11895/2017, in declaring unlawful the disciplinary dismissal stated that, in the context of a procedure under art. 7 of Law No. 300/1970, an oral hearing requested by the worker constitutes a prerequisite of his/her right of defence. The Court of Cassation has also clarified that this “unfailing procedural ....