Case Law

The Court of Cassation, by judgement No. 13799 dated 31 May 2017, intervened in the case of a dismissal for just cause issued against an employee who had posted on Facebook a few comments against her employer company as well as against her legal representative. In the specific case, the company was ordered at the ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 14175/2017, stated once again that, for the purpose of calculating the employment demand and verifying the company’s reasons for dismissal, a single centre of interest to which the employment relationship must be addressed applies only in the case of fraudulent splitting demonstrated in the context of different companies ....

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 ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 14862 dated 15 June 2017, declared lawful the disciplinary dismissal (while confirming the conversion performed by the court of appeal from dismissal for just cause to dismissal for a justified subjective reason) ordered to an employee who used the corporate Internet connection for personal purposes in a systematic ....

The Court of Cassation, with judgement No. 11404 dated 10 May 2017, established that also in the case of collective dismissal due to termination of business, the term of 7 days for notifying the final communication on the application of the selection criteria for workers (criteri di scelta dei lavoratori) as per art. 4, paragraph ....